Gil's Arena - Gil's Arena Throws A Party For 1 Million Subscribers!!

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Starting point is 00:00:49 slash editor, George. Great job, George. Shout out to you, brother. Appreciate you. So next up, we got our editor slash technical director, Edgardo. I'll see you in the control room, brother. Next up, we got our technical director slash camera operator, Ian. Next up, our audio engineer, sharp as a tack, Sebastian Hackett. Next up, he doesn't just cut Luca's hair. He doesn't just cut JJ Redick's hair. He's our staff barber, JC.

Starting point is 00:02:08 Shout out to you, brother. Next up, a woman of many talents, Mandy Gill Arena Assistant, Krista. Next up, you'll see her filming content in the background and all of our content that we do here at Girls Arena. Angela, our social media manager. Thank you. Around the camera, Angela. We did discuss it. And Carolyn, our production coordinator. I'm just kidding.

Starting point is 00:02:50 Thank you. Next up, our production a man of many talents, mainly our director of content from Fordham University, Sebastian Green! Woo! Shout out to the staff getting their flowers today. Next up, our audio engineer, Michael. Next, shout out to my guy, a key piece of the puzzle here, director of photography, Carlos. and next we cannot forget the man that built the place our director paulo

Starting point is 00:03:54 oh last but not least i am your executive producer son of of Ivelisse and Luis Martinez, Dominican boy Steve Martinez. I appreciate it. I appreciate it. And now, your Gills Arena starting lineups. Damn, guys, come on. First up, Agent Zero, 6'4 guard out of Arizona,

Starting point is 00:04:35 Hibachi Gilbert Arenas! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Next up,

Starting point is 00:04:50 6'4 guard out of USC. You know him as Swaggy P Nick Sia. I'm not. I'm 6'7. 6'7. 6'7. You 6'7". 6'7". 6'7". 6'7". You 6'7"? Yes.

Starting point is 00:05:06 You don't look that tall, man. Damn, you don't get my... You can't get my introduction wrong like that on a million dollars. Oh, wow. I need a million subscribers. Wow, wow. Okay. Next up, guard out of Duke University, Lexi Brown! Whoo! Yeah. Brown!

Starting point is 00:05:37 We're not doing heists no more. Next up guard from North Carolina Cemetery Larry Rashad McKenzie! And next up, he's merely a host, from UCLA, Josiah Johnson! We got the sage. We got a sage. What's up, Brack? How you doing?

Starting point is 00:06:20 What's up? You can't say shit. What's up? You can't say shit. What's up? It was too turnt up in the arena. That was some good old work right there. Great egg. Very cheap.

Starting point is 00:06:32 All right, guys, a toast to one million subscribers. Let's go. Yeah. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Yeah. Ah. Ah, damn. Ooh, shit. That was...

Starting point is 00:06:56 That was cute. That was beautiful. Appreciate all our crew. Welcome back to Gil's Arena presented by Underdog. Whoa, whoa! Whoa, whoa! Whoa, whoa! We did it, ladies and gentlemen. We are officially at a million subscribers on our Gil's Arena YouTube channel. Want to thank all of you out there

Starting point is 00:07:12 for helping us get to where we're at. Want to thank this amazing crew, this amazing cast. Shout out to Canyon, Cheryl, Mr. B, who could not be here with us today, but are here with us in spirit. How everybody feeling right now? Good. Hot. It's hot. It is a little hot.

Starting point is 00:07:26 A little toasty. A little hot. A little toasty. It's like a championship feel. You know what I mean? Let's ask the only person with championship experience. A little close. A little close?

Starting point is 00:07:37 A little. It's champagne. Lexi, that's what a championship feels like. More champagne. Yeah. Well, I mean, there was only a winner that I could. Oh, y'all three... Why am I all... Why am I...

Starting point is 00:07:48 It's okay. Oh, he did win. Three winners. Big three. Three winners. WNBA. I won today. Natty. I won today. I got two dozen. Two dozen, yeah.

Starting point is 00:08:03 We did it, we did it, we did it. We did it. But as we said, it's official. Over the weekend, we reached a million subs on our Gil's Arena YouTube channel, so we're gonna celebrate this incredible milestone today, all week, and probably for the rest of our lives. I'm gonna be real.

Starting point is 00:08:15 I ain't never did a million of anything, so... Job's not done. Job's not done. Job's not finished. Job's not done. We got a mil. Now we gotta get to two. Yes, sir. But Gil, what does it mean to you to see Gil's Arena officially go platinum?

Starting point is 00:08:29 I mean, it's exciting. You're out here blowing his shit. Let's just be honest, right? No one thought we would be here this long. Yeah. You know, especially how we started. And a lot of other shows, a lot of corporations thought we would have been banned off YouTube.

Starting point is 00:08:49 Shit, I did. Yeah, I know. But they didn't understand that we are actually talented. So the fact that we're still standing is not a surprise. But I don't think they know we're about to blow them out of the water like we've been doing. Because no matter how many subs they have, they're not beating us in numbers., they not beating us in numbers.

Starting point is 00:09:06 They not beating us in numbers. Higgaboo. We see all the rankings. I watch all the rankings. Shout out to every other show out there. You know, it's all love with everybody else in this space. But then I look at their numbers, look at our numbers, and it's a little different.

Starting point is 00:09:21 But yeah, it's like MJ before Kobe and Braun came. There's no close second. You know what I mean? They just learning. Talk your sense. I'm just saying. They podcast. We TV shows, man. Yeah, we are not a podcast. We are a show. They be getting it twisted.

Starting point is 00:09:39 They said, we elevated. We are now officially a show. Shout out to Underdog for making this all possible. Got a lot of great stuff to get in today as we celebrate our one gillion subscribers here on YouTube. Before all the fans out there, we still got

Starting point is 00:09:57 two viewing options for you. Our traditional version, mobile, vertical version. Pick whichever one you want to watch. Just make sure you support the show. Here's what's cracking in the arena today. Kevin Durant's ankle injury may be the final nail in the sun's coffin this season, but what does the future hold for KD and his current team?

Starting point is 00:10:14 The Lake Show bounced back from a humiliating loss to the Bulls with a win over the Grizzlies to regain control of the fourth spot. What do the Lakers need to do to avoid the play-in in a tight Western conference? And the Pistons and Wolves got into an all-out brawl Sunday in Minnesota. Is it time for the league to take Joe Mazzulla's advice and bring back fighting? That was a crazy one.

Starting point is 00:10:34 It was choking, meat grabbing, fans getting got. There was all kind of stuff going on. Yeah, man, trying to grab them a whole night slow. Hot dog without the bun. Hot dog without the bun. Hot dog without the bun. But before we get into all that, as always, this show is brought to you

Starting point is 00:10:48 by Underdog, and we want to thank the fine people at Underdog for giving Gil's Arena this opportunity, this platform. So help us by downloading the app using promo code Gil.

Starting point is 00:10:55 You get up to $1,000 in bonus cash plus a special pick-em. As for tonight, Gil, you have some picks up in your partner pack on the Underdog app. Let's take a look

Starting point is 00:11:03 if we can, please. You got Tyrese Halliburton, higher 14.5 points. Ooh, you taking on the Kings. That's low. How you get the 14.5 on that? You know some people over there. 14 against his former team. You already know he's about to cook.

Starting point is 00:11:18 You got Sabonis, higher 13.5 points. He takes on the Pacers, his former team. You got AD, lower 10.5 rebounds. I know that was tricky. It started off at 11.5, so that means everybody's going lower because he's not playing as much and there's an actual center there that's grabbing all the rebounds, so he's not sitting there like he used to be. Who's that center?

Starting point is 00:11:42 Huh? Who's that center? Gafford and... Oh. Yeah, so they're back there. Okay. So he's been at like the 6, 7, 5 area. So you got some baseball as well. Shohei Otani. Oh yeah, I'm a Dodger fan now.

Starting point is 00:11:56 There you go, Gibbs. God bless you. I bought all the Dodger jersey. I mean, I even bought the Japanese slash American ones. They got hearts and flowers on them. I'm like, shit, why not? So Shohei higher,.5 hits, runs, RBIs.

Starting point is 00:12:11 He'll get that done in the first inning. And Juan Soto, I know black! Lower, 3.5 hits, runs, RBIs. Only because he's from New York. But he on the Mets now. So, yeah, no, it's still. Is that New York? It's still tracks. It's still tracks.

Starting point is 00:12:27 It ain't New York Mets? I thought it was Yankee slander, but Mets deserves slander. It is the New York Mets. It is the New York Mets. You know, that's the Clippers of New York. Yankees out there kicking. Yankees got the new torpedo back. I'm just being honest with you.

Starting point is 00:12:39 The Clippers of New York, please. Right? They won, though. They won. Bro, that's fucking facts. They had the bag, though. They won. Bro, that's fucking facts. They had the bag, though. They had the bag for us. The fact that you

Starting point is 00:12:49 had to think about it, that lets you know. I knew both teams, but it was just some Yankee slander for Steve. We still got our ongoing World Series beef. I know Black wants Soto,

Starting point is 00:12:59 but if you like these picks and want to ride with them, go ahead, download the Underdog app, use promo code GIL, get up to $1,000 in bonus cash plus a special pick. GIL, we asked the chat if they're riding or fading with your picks tonight. It must be because we're at a Gillian.

Starting point is 00:13:12 70% of the chat riding with your picks. They should be. I've been kind of like on fire. You've been sending in the chat. I've been on fire. Like, if they just take protection, they got a 90-something percent chance of winning. Well, we will find out tonight. If you want to get your bread right, go ahead.

Starting point is 00:13:29 Download Underdog. They need protection in life, too. 90 percent. They won't get that shit, too. I don't think that's the worst thing out there. It's called child support. And if you can't watch the show live with us on YouTube, we have audio versions available on Apple, Spotify,

Starting point is 00:13:47 wherever you get it. It's going around. It's safe. That hits your pocket. That nigga that caught that shit the other day. That hits your pocket real bad, right? He's going through it. He said, I never thought I'd get this shit.

Starting point is 00:14:00 Still no cure. But they're working hard to find one. Just don't pass that shit along, bro. Leave that shit. As we mentioned, we appreciate all the love for Gil's Arena. We're showing it back with our Gilling Subscriber Giveaway. So we were at 997,000 followers after the show on Thursday. And shout-out Cemetery Larry, Larry's Arena.

Starting point is 00:14:16 Did your thing. Brought the work. Brought Z-Bo, Tony Allen, Simba. Hot wings and things. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Shout-out to Out the Mud. Yeah, my guy. Shout-out to Out the Mud. Yeah, my guy. Shout out to Out the Mud.

Starting point is 00:14:26 We're not calling Out the Mud a podcast. Y'all are a show, too. I know y'all just cracked 100,000, but keep doing your thing, man. It's been great to see y'all flourish.

Starting point is 00:14:35 But we are giving away $1,000 to three lucky winners at the end of the show as a part of our Gills Arena Gillion Subscriber Giveaway. Giveaway officially closed now.

Starting point is 00:14:44 We hit that million, but you got to see what we got in store when we get to two million. It's going to be right, but let's get into it. We ain't got shit right now. Well, shit, it's going to take. I'm just saying we ain't got nothing right now. It's going to take about six to eight weeks.

Starting point is 00:14:56 We got six to eight weeks, Gil. Six to eight weeks. We barely planned this one right. We got six to eight weeks to figure it out. We got three people just chilling, talking about, hey, can y'all just wait till Thursday? I'm like, shit. Should have been here Monday.

Starting point is 00:15:09 Let's get it going. Again, shout-out Canyon, Sheryl Swoopes, Mr. B, Mr. B out of Milwaukee, Canyon with the fam. Swoop doing her thing, but we appreciate all y'all as well. You're all here in spirit today as we celebrate this one million subscribers on the Gil's Arena YouTube channel. And like Shaw said, job not finished.

Starting point is 00:15:24 We got a lot of work to do. So let's get into it. We all have a morning routine. 1 million subscribers on the Gills Arena YouTube channel. And like Shaw said, job not finished. We got a lot of work to do. So let's get into it. We all have a morning routine. Recently influencer and online coach Ashton Hall has been going viral for sharing his morning routines. Let's take a look if we can. So Hall wakes up before 4 AM and prepares for his day.

Starting point is 00:15:42 Why is there a bug? A lot of Saratoga water involved. Glad they're cutting it back. So, gets the workout in, gets it all going. A little meditation, a little prayer, a little Bible study, never hurt nobody. And has multiple, multiple face dips in the bowl of Saratoga water as we see right here That's a good move I gotta incorporate that into my daily routine Let me grab my fanny pack. Got to have the fanny pack. Oh. Get to work in. There's a lot of shit going on. I don't get out of bed for about 8.15.

Starting point is 00:16:31 The camera angles. A cold dive at 7 AM. You already know. People ain't even at work, man. We lying. I don't think we lying. Money never slips. We lying, man. I don't think he lying. Money never slips.

Starting point is 00:16:45 He lying, man. I don't think so. They not doing the pool at 7 AM. He writes the banana peel on his bed. They're cleaning it now. Money never, hey, my favorite part. So look at it, bro. We didn't get in at least 10,000.

Starting point is 00:16:53 So looking at it, bro, we got to go ahead and get into at least 10,000. You did business before you did breakfast. That's a hustler right there. Boy, he tripping. Is he sponsored by that water? He should be now. I hope so. He got cases up. He should be now. I mean, he's sponsored by Underdog.. Boy, he tripping. Is he sponsored by that water? He should be now. I hope so. He got cases of it at the crib. I mean, he's sponsored by Underdog.

Starting point is 00:17:08 Shout out Ashton Hall. Yeah, he's part of the team. Member of the Underdog family. Whoop, whoop. Whoop, whoop. Okay. So Hall's amassed nearly 11 million followers on an Instagram account

Starting point is 00:17:16 inspired others to post videos of their own routines, including you, Gil, as you recently gave fans a small glimpse That was a little snippet. It was a small glimpse into your snippet, but we got it right here for everybody to check out. Okay. Uh-oh. Okay.

Starting point is 00:17:31 What the fuck? Uh-oh. Slow down. Okay, the body's looking... Yeah, you're looking strong. Why you gonna leave me hanging? Thank you, man. Damn, firm grip, man. Relax, relax, relax.

Starting point is 00:17:45 Yo, what you preparing for? Huh? What are you getting ready for? The beach coming. The beach? It's almost summer. I told wifey, like, hey, uh... when I hit the beach, whatever comes, comes. You hear me?

Starting point is 00:18:00 I mean... The lion not sagging no more. He ain't frowning. Yeah, I told you. I said... Man, like this. Flip it. Man, like this. I'm over like... Yeah, I told you.

Starting point is 00:18:10 You got me when I was big. You got to re-win me. You know what I mean? That was a... You got to re-win me is crazy. That was the old Gil. Y'all already know, you know, when you get to the league, you got to upgrade. You got to look nice and slim and healthy.

Starting point is 00:18:20 You can't wait for the one-on-one, the two-on-two? No. I just... Why you got to be so... I just... I just... I just... I just... I just... That was O'Gill. Y'all already know, you know, when you get to the league, you got to upgrade. Y'all looking nice and slim and healthy. You getting ready for the one-on-one, the two-on-two? No. I just told you.

Starting point is 00:18:30 Why you dribbling the ball then? I just told you the beach. What the fuck you dribbling the ball for? It's good cardio. I touched my son. It's good cardio. Just have a minute. Motherfucker, you just dribbling the ball like you about to do.

Starting point is 00:18:39 And one minute. He's at McDonald's. Hey, yo! He's at McDonald's. He's at the McDonald's, you know'all! He's at McDonald's. He's at the McDonald's, you know, in New York, working out. Shout-out to Elijah Arenas. What moves you sure want me to do?

Starting point is 00:18:51 Yeah, yeah, yeah. We gave you lunch. This is us eating McDonald's. That's all the eating over there. That's enough. That's enough. Damn. We supposed to be unified on the couch today.

Starting point is 00:19:00 That's enough. For Gil, Elijah Arenas in Brooklyn, getting ready to play in the McDonald's All-American game tomorrow. He's been killing out there in practice. Shout-out Elijah doing your thing. You know, made a poor decision going to USC, but we're going to give him a pass. Shout-out to that, man. That was on the show. That kind of boosted our ratings when he signed to USC.

Starting point is 00:19:21 But bring me to my next point. So, Gil, you said that's just a snippet of your morning routine. What's your full morning routine look like? If you could give it to us. Oh no, cause you know I wake up at 4.30. So, you know, from 4.30 before I come here, you know, I gotta film that. All right, so why do people wake up at 4.30?

Starting point is 00:19:37 What's the difference? Why, like what's the point? I just wanna know the reason. I'd love to do the same thing. Cause everything you can do, you can do all these things at 6, 7, or 8, depending on... Like, when people used to say he'd work out at 4 in the morning, like, I could work out through the same time.

Starting point is 00:19:55 At, like, 9. But can you do multiple workouts? No, you could. I mean, just fortunately for me, I was blessed with my father working a graveyard shift. So that's what time he used to, you know, he'd wake up at 1, 2 in the morning and go to work. So I just naturally woke up.

Starting point is 00:20:08 So that actually became a habit. But it actually helps me with workouts. I can work out at least two times before we had team practice. And then all I have to do is just now match you so you can't catch up in front of me. People get up early, but then you have to go to sleep early. So you're still... You're losing time somewhere.

Starting point is 00:20:29 You're either gonna go to sleep early... True, but how many people work out, really, from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.? Uh, uh... That's the time to go with the hours. That extra time that you're gaining at night is really not even helping, you know, it's not helping. Yeah, 4.30 is too early. 6 AM is cool.

Starting point is 00:20:47 4.30 is crazy. I don't get that. Swaggy, what time do you wake up at? Probably 9, 10. Cap. 9, 10. Stop lying to these people, man. I do.

Starting point is 00:20:56 You got seven kids, man. They up at 4.30, 1.30. They wake me up, but they get gone. Three of them, right? At least two of them still on the bus. I'm the picker-up. I picker-up, pick them up. She take them to school, so I don't have to wake up.

Starting point is 00:21:12 Don't touch daddy while he's asleep. I got shit to do. When they get back, I got to play and shit. So, yeah, I got a routine. Oh, that's a routine? I ain't got to work out. So how does your routine look? Oh, sleep. I got the baby.'t got no workout. Daddy's watching you sleep. So how does your routine look? Oh, um, sleep.

Starting point is 00:21:27 I got the baby. I got to take care of the baby. I got the baby around 8.30 or something, because she got to take him to school. So I normally, he'll wake up crying. I lay him on my chair as he goes to sleep. You feel me? I'm a dad.

Starting point is 00:21:40 Dad shit. I'm going to go to sleep, get my Starbucks, you know, DoorDash from Starbucks, and then I come here. Yeah, that shit ain't going viral, so... Yes, it is. They love babies. I got to clean up babies and the burping shit. Do-do-do-do-do.

Starting point is 00:21:57 Do-do-do-do-do. Wah-wah. Do-do-do-do-do. Wah. Do-do-do-do-do. You feel me? I look like a dad, dad of the year. I ain't got to take off my chest and do a fucking and one mixtape move like this. I ain't got to worry about that.

Starting point is 00:22:12 So let's move over to this side of the couch. Lexi, what does your morning routine look like? I get up at like between 6 and 7, and I'll do Pilates. And I'll go to the court, and then I'll come here. Very simple. Write in my journal if I have time. You got a journal? Okay. Where you writing at?

Starting point is 00:22:33 What do you mean? Like thoughts? Like goals? Goals, thoughts. Sometimes I'll just write things I'm thankful for. Secrets. No secrets in the journal. No. I keep those up here. Shaw, how about this?

Starting point is 00:22:47 What does your morning routine look like? I can't talk about it at all. What you looking me for? Too hot for TV? Can't talk about it. It's a lot. I might record it, though. Yeah, I'm gonna record it.

Starting point is 00:23:02 I might record it. Can't talk about it. I might record it. Send the stage for a viral video. I'm thinking about it. I'm like, that's not viral. I think I could try to top that. All right? No, I see.

Starting point is 00:23:12 I see. If you recorded a video, what rating would it get? 10. 10 for TV. 10 for TV. Too high for TV. Too high for TV. Let's just say, you know.

Starting point is 00:23:21 Who has a rated R morning routine? You can pull out your credit card. Who has a rated R morning routine? Did that what you were saying? 17. You're supposed to start with, like, good energy and happiness. Oh, it's incredible energy flowing all

Starting point is 00:23:34 through that motherfucker. It's 6 in the morning. And then again at 7. Shit, we taking a break. I want to get some coffee. And then I read a little bit. Right? And then, you know, they call again.

Starting point is 00:23:51 Bet. I'll be back. You got to lay out that clothes and stuff the night before. Do everything the night before. Your kids? Yeah. Practice shit. That's the thing. Your kids are not putting their clothes out the night before. No kids? Yeah. Practice shit the night before. That's the thing, your kids are not putting their clothes

Starting point is 00:24:06 out the night before. No, I do it. Oh, nice. I like to see them fresh, you know? That's important. That's cute. Ironing, cleaning the shoes, all that, night before. You're a good father, Nick.

Starting point is 00:24:17 Yeah. Good job, Nick. We appreciate and respect it. All right, well, let's get into some real basketball talk. Pistons have developed a reputation for crashing out this season, reminiscent of the bad boys' teams of old as the franchise gets back to their winning ways.

Starting point is 00:24:33 Sunday night, things got turned all the way up in Minnesota, led to a malice in the Wolves' palace. Let's take a look at the highlights. So two squads have been chirping and playing physical during the game. And early in the second quarter, Isaiah Stewart was hit with a tech after pushing Dante DiVincenzo. Moments later, all out melee ensued after DiVincenzo, Nas Reed, and

Starting point is 00:24:52 Ron Holland got into it during a dead ball. All ten players on the court along with both teams coaching staffs rushed to the action as Beef Stew hemmed up DiVincenzo in the stands by the baseline. Fans didn't know what to do. My God. Beef Stew hemmed up Devin Chinzo in the stands by the baseline. Fans didn't know what to do. Oh, my God. They're not used to that level of turnt-upness. Anthony Edwards was on the Wolves bench at the time,

Starting point is 00:25:17 and after the game, jokingly said he didn't see shit while Cade Cunningham was out with a calf injury. There were seven total ejections in the game with Beef Stew Holland, Marcus Sasser, and head coach J.B. Bickerstaff getting booted on the piston side, and Reed DiVincenzo and assistant coach Pablo Prigioni getting ejected on the wolf side. We also had this angle of action shot by a fan who was near the corner side. As you can see,Stew had DiVincenzo hemmed up. What? He said he had who? He ain't even in it.

Starting point is 00:25:50 B-Stew, DiVincenzo. Wait, who's on the floor? Oh, Nas. He on the ground. And I think that's Nas Reid on the ground. Okay. I was like, who on the floor? It was a double up.

Starting point is 00:26:01 35 is out. They had some things they wanted to get off their chest. Beef still let the crowd know. Detroit, get the F out of here. He loved fighting. He loved fighting, man. As the internet pointed out, six career 20-point games, six career rejections during his time in the league.

Starting point is 00:26:21 So Wolves went on to win the game. Hey, cameraman. I'm sorry, cameraman. Like, listen. We got some people behind you. I'm sorry, cameraman. Like, listen. You got some people behind you. When we looking at things, you got to keep the camera off us, man. That's how we get in trouble.

Starting point is 00:26:33 Oh, he had the camera? Right, yeah, yeah. He had the camera on my lap. Thank you, brother. Thank you, brother. Thank you, brother. All right, come on, man. Y'all trying to get us in trouble.

Starting point is 00:26:41 That's how I got caught last time. I had to put a couch for that. Okay? No reckless eyeballing in the arena, man. Y'all trying to get us a truck. That's how I got caught last time. I had to sit on the couch for that. No reckless eyeballing in the arena, please. But Wolves went on to win the game. That's not really the story here. Gil, you were hanging out with Melly while all this was going down. You had this reaction.

Starting point is 00:26:57 I'm not doing that. They say the piss is out there squabbling, and I'm here. I want to come watch this streets and in basketball streets. See, I left the party. I had to come watch this. Yeah, dude. Cheers up. Let's get it. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:27:40 Hello, baby. Hi, baby. How are you doing? You done? Yeah. I'm done. Okay. the dog hello baby you done? I'm done okay yeah oh yeah you're insane yeah baby I'm sorry I had to come watch it's done you missed it

Starting point is 00:27:59 yeah no I'll watch it right here it's recorded it's okay right could have watched it any other time Yeah. Yeah. No, I'll watch it right here. It's what I missed. It's recorded. It's okay. Okay. Right. Could have watched it any other time.

Starting point is 00:28:10 Could have. Could have watched it. It was exciting, though, but let's start on this side of the couch. Sean, what was your reaction to seeing that Piston Wolves brawl Sunday night? It was good to see. About time? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, even though it all was fake and wasn't really going nowhere,

Starting point is 00:28:26 nobody really wanted to do anything, but probably the two teams in the league that really got that grit, others outside of Houston, that'll really go out there and show you what they got and leave it all on the floor. I respect it, for sure. Alexa, what did you think about that fight last night? I'm glad they actually fought.

Starting point is 00:28:45 I mean, I'm tired of seeing them, like, fake square up and stuff. So to see them actually get into it was entertaining. I'm glad no one got hurt. But it's nice to see players, like, stand up for their teammates. But I didn't even think the foul on Nas Reed was even that crazy. So I wasn't watching the game. I was watching girls' college all day yesterday. I want a shout out.

Starting point is 00:29:07 But yeah. Don't blame you. Watch those Bruins. Yeah. Yeah. You know what time it is. Yeah. They looking good out there.

Starting point is 00:29:15 We living good in Westwood. Yeah. They might. They might. I know you were, but we still got our IG bet going. Hockeys family, shout out Jaime Hockeys Sr. They might win this shit. Gabriella Hockeys did her thing. Hot Cats family. Shout out Jaime Hot Cats Sr. They might win this shit. Gabriella Hot Cats did her thing.

Starting point is 00:29:26 They just might. But this side of the couch, Swaggy, what was your reaction to that? First of all, that was a flex. The car. A little flex. A little guilt flex. Watching it on the screen in the car and shit.

Starting point is 00:29:39 Every car now got a TV. No, it don't. My van, I got outside. You got two in the back. You got a, you got a, you got a big bag. I do, but it's in Chinese. Yeah, I ain't tell you. You don't supposed to read.

Starting point is 00:29:51 You can't read anyway. The kids like, the kids like. Ni hao. You can't read anyway. I ain't gonna argue, you know. Thank you. I appreciate it. We're at a million.

Starting point is 00:30:01 That's all you need. Spread positivity, brother. Tell me you love the van driver. I mean. Don't that make you feel like a million. That's all you need. You spread the positivity, brother. Tell me you love the van driver. It don't make you feel like a van driver. Oh, I mean, the stink to the mother. Damn. But it looks kind of handy for other stuff.

Starting point is 00:30:13 But look, though. I did use it, but you might have to wipe it down. Pass the bees. Yeah, wipe it down. Can y'all take the sage out to Swaggy? Yeah, the van do the whole thing. Man, I like the thing. Say that again.

Starting point is 00:30:26 Uh-huh. What'd you say? It comes in handy? It comes because I got like, I be moving shit. I be moving shit. Little dealer. OK. Uh-huh, save.

Starting point is 00:30:40 Got PTSD from that. Well, that's how I felt, huh? That's how I felt. Yeah, so what was that again? That's how I felt. Yeah, so what was that again? That's how I really felt. You see, the next day, it's crazy. But look though, man. What was it the next day?

Starting point is 00:30:54 Can I answer the question? Answer. So it was like three weeks later. Can I get my gun? I had a bucket. Is the gun in the locker room. I mean, yeah, just drink it just in case. It's loaded, too.

Starting point is 00:31:10 It is loaded. So somebody needs to slap Isaiah's ass. I got to see if he really tough. I know he punked you and all in Vegas, but somebody got to just get out of this shit. The Seattle-Tacoma area at the ZK. It wasn't actually a punk. It was a conversation.

Starting point is 00:31:28 It was a deep boat. It was a lot more dangerous than you all believe it to be. It was a lot more confrontational than people think. He ran up on Gil. We were getting ready to do a shoot. We was talking to B-Roy. I was having a nice little conversation with B-Roy. Shout out Brandon Roy.

Starting point is 00:31:48 And he decided to walk up on me. Who does that off the court? That's when you know you're kind of crazy. No, but it looked like he was paying homage at first. Like, he's walking up like, yo, what's up? And he goes, nah, now that I got you here. Now that I got you here. It was one of them. It was one of them.

Starting point is 00:32:05 And like, and looked around like, yeah, ain't nowhere to run either. Like, we was right there where the door was. He was like, yeah. I had to look up there. Got the cameraman. Shot, shot right there with me. Josiah sitting down over there.

Starting point is 00:32:17 So we good, but we like, yeah, he's a bitch. I'm not going to lie. He's a big motherfucker, man. I'm not going to lie. I did the math, and it wasn't enough. But I was ready to take an ass whooping and give us the fist. I was like, damn, you look big as fucking real life, Stoop-D.

Starting point is 00:32:31 While he was talking, I was trying to calculate the moves. Like, OK, if I run, try to turn, or I can shot block him before I get it with. I was thinking the same thing. I was like, should I step in? I'm like, nah. He must have did some shit to this nigga. He was like, hell no, I was thinking the same thing. I was like should I step in I'm like nah

Starting point is 00:32:54 Once he started talking I realized He didn't read the same thing I wrote It was like seven paragraphs. I know I just realized he didn't read what I had wrote. You don't look like he read that. I was thinking, I had to Google. I had to Google exactly what I read. And I was like, yeah. Yeah, he had to play in the NBA. No, he ain't read that.

Starting point is 00:33:19 He heard it. He heard. Yeah, he heard. He heard it. He heard. He seen the letters and heard it. He seen it. He was like, and heard it. He seen it. He's like, nigga, what? I can't wait to see your ass.

Starting point is 00:33:29 What you say about my mama? I ain't say nothing about your mama, nigga. I seen it. You heard it, bro. You didn't see nothing. I didn't write none of that. No, because I wrote, I said, yo, you don't know the NBA fighting playbook. I said, you supposed to wait till your teammates grab you

Starting point is 00:33:48 and then you pretend it so you don't lose no money. So this is when Beefsteel tried to rush LeBron. LeBron, yeah. This is Laker's day. I was like, yeah, you supposed to wait till your teammates get you and then you pretend so you don't lose no money. You give the fans what they want and then you steal. And I thought, I think he read that he waited

Starting point is 00:34:05 till his teammates got there to pretend to be tough. He read, he read. Wasn't he running free? No, he read, he read, man, you acted like a little bitch. That's what he heard. That's what he heard. Did you call me a bitch?

Starting point is 00:34:21 Yeah, because when he said, and I knew there was a problem, he said, so my teammates, my teammates ain't here now. Yeah, that's what he said, and I knew there was a problem, he said, so my teammates, my teammates ain't here now. Yeah, that's what he said. As soon as he was like, yeah. But he looked around first. He looked around. He was like, yeah.

Starting point is 00:34:36 And then you were like, you didn't understand what I said. He said, my teammates ain't here yet. We was like, huh? They were not. His teammates were not here. He was like, nah, that shit you said. No, so he voted for all, y'all? Like, by himself? There wasn't a bunch of Jamaicans?

Starting point is 00:34:48 Nah, I'm going to tell you this. He wasn't. Did you see a bunch of Jamaicans? There wasn't. Nah, he was all of them. He was all of Jamaicans. Like, you know how Jamaicans got a lot of jobs? All his jobs was whoop it ass.

Starting point is 00:35:01 All full five. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four.

Starting point is 00:35:02 All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four.

Starting point is 00:35:03 All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four.

Starting point is 00:35:04 All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. All four. He was Birdman without the other ones, right? It was just him. I ain't got no teammates. I had to look like he did not. Yeah. Damn.

Starting point is 00:35:12 Damn. And the way he was talking, I was just like, yeah. Did you clear the air? I'm not about to. Somebody got to clear the air. The air was not clear. Uh-uh. No.

Starting point is 00:35:18 It was left musty. How did it end? How did it end? Yeah. How did that end? How did it end the same way it's supposed to end? Security? Keep my name. Keep it's supposed to end. Security? Keep my name out your moth- Keep my wife's name out your motherfucking mouth!

Starting point is 00:35:31 And like Chris Rockton do, I was like, you right, yes, yes sir. He said that? No, it was just, yes sir, I got you my b- b- b- okay, yeah. No doubt. Nah, that ain't- see, you growing up. See, you would've got dragged. You growing up. I didn't have it. You growing up.

Starting point is 00:35:45 I didn't have it. You growing up? I didn't have it. I wasn't out of my element. I was thinking, you growing up. You lucky you wasn't in my street world. I had him dragged. It would've took a lot of them, but I would've paid a lot of people.

Starting point is 00:35:57 Yeah. But yeah. He won. We had to go out and play against a nigga after that encounter. I had to go guard him. What you mean? We was doing the Isaiah Pro-Am shit. It was a Pro-Am thing.

Starting point is 00:36:09 It was in his hometown. Me and BJ was filling in. We just out there. The Z-Cand in Tacoma. Oh, okay. We rode out to the Z-Cand to support Isaiah Thomas. Got it. Great community.

Starting point is 00:36:19 It was for the community, though. You didn't have to jump him. No, I had to let him know I was guarding him. Like, yeah, I ain't... He's strong out there. He's strong, but I'm strong, though. You didn't have to jump him. No, I had to let him know I was guarding him. Like, yeah, hey. He's strong out there. He's strong, but I'm strong, too. You know what I'm saying?

Starting point is 00:36:30 But look, if you're going to knock him out. You got to knock him out. Just knock him out quick. You got to knock him out. You know what I'm saying? Don't keep beating him. Just hit him one time, and we're going to pick Gil up, and we're going to carry him to the car.

Starting point is 00:36:39 No, no, no. He can't knock Gil out. Shit, he already is. I'm telling him that on purpose. I would have had to speak. I was speaking first. I was speaking first. I can tell knock Gil out. I'm telling him that. I would have had to swing. I was swinging first. I was swinging first. We would have all swung.

Starting point is 00:36:51 It would have been like a Stephen A swinging on Bron. For sure. We was going to jump him. I told you all to stand down. Don't even worry about that. A Stephen A swinging on Bron situation. There's a lot of people in Detroit that owe me money, and they need to clear that debt.

Starting point is 00:37:03 Damn. They got to clear that debt. It's like $300, to clear that debt. Damn. They got to clear that debt. It's like $300,000, $400,000. You got to clear your debt. We still don't want the punch. The punch probably would have been on camera. You can't have us looking like that. Oh, no.

Starting point is 00:37:13 Not looking like that. That's what I'm saying. I would have swung. Somebody was filming. That's why I would have swung. Somebody was actually filming. No, that's the thing. Cameras go karate.

Starting point is 00:37:21 Like a real camera? Somebody. So y'all have the autographs on film. That was the best part about it. How diabolical you got have the autographs on film. That was the best part about it. How diabolical you got to be to film that encounter? That was the best part about it. Nobody was feeling it. It would have just been, I had on all white.

Starting point is 00:37:35 You would have seen it. I don't scare to be talking about myself. I mean, good for him for walking up on y'all. But when he left, we were talking to him. Because Gil said, this is the only thing. Even though he didn't understand what you said. This is what Gil said right after that. He said, it's the one time I ain't bringing my strap.

Starting point is 00:37:53 Yup. I know it. That's what I'm saying. In the car, he felt something. He felt no way. He was like, man, I can't believe it. He asked me to walk up. He made the calls on the way back.

Starting point is 00:38:04 He was on the phone like, yeah. Oh, I know how you feel. He was calling, calling like, nah, I got him outside the crib, right? I know how you feel. You got a bad dress. Anybody know a bad dress in Detroit? Oh, man. I'm going to teach him a lesson.

Starting point is 00:38:15 He don't make shit die. Yeah, it didn't feel good. It didn't feel good at all. I didn't like that feeling. We talked a lot on this couch about why dudes don't want to fight nowadays. You get suspended. I mean, that's just a business decision, right? That's a $400,000 or $500,000 decision if you do decide to squabble. Back in October, Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla said the NBA should add

Starting point is 00:38:35 more entertainment value by bringing back fighting. So I want to ask this couch, should the NBA allow fighting to help boost ratings? And if so, what should be the criteria? We can't have enforcers like hockey? No, it's not about being a wrestler. If they get mad because we're critiquing them now, how about you think, you can't fight, nigga? Yeah.

Starting point is 00:38:53 I feel like people would get seriously hurt. You can't fight? Yeah, no fighting. People would get injured. It's not gonna be that much. Some wrestling? Well, because hockey and football, you have all this protective gear on.

Starting point is 00:39:02 Well, you got skates. You're skating and trying to fight. Yeah, right, you have all this protective gear on. Well, you got skates. You're skating and trying to fight. Yeah, right. You look goofy. You look goofy. You look goofy. They got rules, though. You got to grab some shit.

Starting point is 00:39:10 You got to try not to fall. But you have all this stuff on for protection. Like, even when football players punch each other in the helmet, I'm like, y'all look probably the dumbest shit I think I've ever seen. You don't feel it. So, yeah, basketball, fighting, like, people could actually hurt themselves and hurt each other. In hockey, if you fight, it's a five-minute major penalty people could actually hurt themselves and hurt each other. In hockey, if you fight, it's a five-minute major penalty, but you get to stay in the game.

Starting point is 00:39:28 But, you know, you got to be, like, you got to give credit to actually the players, you know. Since Chris Childs, you know, give a shout out to OG. But since then, like, as many scuppers that we do see, we haven't actually seen someone really throw punches. Right? And so you can see that they're not really trying to hit each other or hurt each other. I mean, we've seen choke out. We've seen choke out.

Starting point is 00:39:54 I mean, Rudy Gobert, I was surprised he even was trying to be in there. I thought he would have been turned around because last time he was facing the fight. He got a dash. I thought he was going to do that to somebody. He learned. I would have been like, fight here. I would have been turned around.

Starting point is 00:40:09 I would have got a fist-skewer from the back. There ain't no consequence to it no more, though. Really, it's like Draymond got away with a lot of shit. So it's like you got to kind of let shit go now. But like you said, the extreme of it of trying to go and really fight and put hands, you got to really dislike somebody. You got to be like, now I want to fuck him up anyway. So I think even the consequences of losing that money and suspension and ridicule, it's like, is it worth it? Depending on who you punching, it may be.

Starting point is 00:40:39 Is that why we don't see beef like we used to see back in the day? Get your ass with them. The only actual hands is Chris Paul and Rondo, because they actually hit. And that was a cheat. Yeah, other than that, you don't really see. Nobody's trying to really. Yeah, that's.

Starting point is 00:40:54 Like, I don't like you that much. This is just whatever's happening in the game. So I'm not trying to really. Shout out Nifty Hustle. Rest in peace on the sideline. Right. Hands up. Oh, yeah.

Starting point is 00:41:01 He was ready to go. He was ready to go. Didn't he get spit on? He spit on Rondo. Yeah, that's disrespectful. Now you got to do something there. Yeah, you got to do something there. Yeah, he's spitting on some of his... I'm sorry. He spit on me. It ain't worth $400,000. I'm sorry. You're just going to take it?

Starting point is 00:41:16 It ain't worth $400,000. Your reaction is going to just do something to me. Somebody's going to... to your face. And you're just going, ah... If it hits you in your face, Gil... Get ready. All I see is $400, ah. If it hits you in your face, Gil. Get ready. And all I see is 400,000. If it hits you, right?

Starting point is 00:41:29 400,000. That is all I see. What's your response? What it's going to cause you, bro? Me? If someone spits on me? What's your response? Probably something very girly.

Starting point is 00:41:40 Oh, my god. I can't. What the fuck? Are you going to retaliate? Are you going to retaliate? Are you going to retaliate? What the fuck is this? I'm like, you weird bitch. And that's it, right?

Starting point is 00:41:51 Like, that's it. I never heard her curse. Like, what? I love you, sweetie. I love you, sweetie. All right, all right, all right. Everybody relax. Everybody relax.

Starting point is 00:42:02 I just don't say the N-word. Lexi's a nigga! Yeah! Lexi, I'm gonna give you a deep round. Yeah! You wish, bitch. That's my one curse word for the month, guys. Mama looking at you like, yeah, girl, let them know.

Starting point is 00:42:20 Little Lexi. Little Lexi. A little Lexi. So leti. A little Lexi. So let's talk a little bit about these Pistons. As J.B. Bickerstaff has already said, this Piston squad plays with a physicality that makes them disliked by other teams around the league and even some officials.

Starting point is 00:42:35 We've seen them get into various incidents throughout the course of the season. Team has drawn comparisons to the bad boy Pistons of the 1980s with their brass style and toughness. And even with Cade Cunningham's sideline, Pistons got a big win over the Cavs Friday to become the first team in NBA history to triple their win total from the previous season.

Starting point is 00:42:53 I think there are 42 wins right now. So how far away is this modern-day bad boy squad from being a legit contender in the East? I think they figured it out, you know. The lead is kind of, I don't want to say soft, but you can bully some of these kids, and I think that's what they're doing. That's a good way to win.

Starting point is 00:43:12 It's a good strategy. Hell yeah. People don't like to get touched. These young guys, you know, they ain't been through that much adversity, really, in the league. So them getting pushed around, getting touched, could throw them off their game to me, I feel like. You see him going out there every game

Starting point is 00:43:28 doing something crazy. So obviously, it's working. They telling them to do it. He's programmed now to be the enforcer. So he out there grabbing nuts and all kind of shit. And look, it's working. Look, Pittsburgh's fifth in the East right now, 42 and 33. Nick, you were doing so well.

Starting point is 00:43:45 He was doing all the way to the end. The fact that you just grabbed him. Clip it. Clip it. He was like, what the hell? There was a screen grab of... Damn it, Nick. There was a screen grab of B-School.

Starting point is 00:43:55 It was so close. He was... There was a screen grab of B-School having up Devin Chenzel, had his hands in a sensitive area. Comment. Ruining it. Doing a junk check.

Starting point is 00:44:04 I feel like you have a switch in your brain. You're like, this is making too much sense. I'm going to say something stupid. It's too much sense. I can't do this. You're going to say something dumb again. Yeah, I gots to do it. You gots to do it.

Starting point is 00:44:14 You said some controversial things about the piss in the past. Had Detroit mad at you. Said you had to do a mandatory check in when you pulled up to the city. You retracted a lot of that stuff. Lucky for me, none of my flights go to Detroit. I can go straight to wherever I'm going to. I don't fly Southwest. You feel me?

Starting point is 00:44:34 That seems like a nice little destination to Southwest. I feel like Delta. Memphis, Indiana. That just seems like it just. That's the place in Southwest. But moving over this side, that's where the buddy pass goes. When you look at this pitching squad. First class.

Starting point is 00:44:53 American, United, wherever I want to go. Hey, you can be first class in Southwest. It's first come, first served. You got to get the big seat. You got to get into that. It's like A1 through 15. You already know that first class seat on Southwest. But that's not first class. That know that first class seat on South West. But that's not first.

Starting point is 00:45:05 That's not first class. That's the first class seat on South West. It's just priority. You can hit them with this. It's just priority. It's first come, first serve. That's buffet. It's the exit row.

Starting point is 00:45:15 Buffet. That exit row. With the full extension. The seat don't go back. But the seat's tight though, so you got to sit like this. Yeah, that's bullshit. The ashtray's still there. You can still got ashtrays on the plane, fam.

Starting point is 00:45:25 You got an ashtray on the plane. Tell me I can't smoke. Somebody answer this shit. It don't make no sense. What the fuck is this doing here? There's still ashes in it. Ashes not getting quenched. I'm like, damn.

Starting point is 00:45:33 Shit, I can't smoke. I can't smoke. But when you look at this Piston Squad shop, fifth in the East right now, Kay Cunningham, I'm like, damn. Shit, that can't smoke. That can't smoke. But when you look at this Piston Squad shot, fifth in the East right now, Kay Cunningham should be in the All-NBA discussion. She'll likely make a team. Already made his first All-Star game this year.

Starting point is 00:45:55 How far away do you think they are from being a legit contender? They give me 2004 Piston vibes. Okay. I think not trying to compare East player to each, you know, player on the 0-4 team, but the energy, the defensive recognition, I think between Durden and Stewart, you got Sasser, you got, you know, Beasley, you got guys that are willing to go out there and really put their neck on the line. Ivy and then Cunningham. You know what I'm saying?

Starting point is 00:46:27 Like him being a mix of Chauncey and Rip all in one. And so being able to regulate those positions and take them over the top of expectations, I think is dope because, you know, Larry Brown, Joe Dumar's era is over. So it's about who's going to implement their name on this new Piston squad. And I think, you know, JB has the experience to do so. He's been around enough to know exactly what the league likes and doesn't like. And I think how he's built the Cavs and then coming over here, seeing the fruits of his labor,

Starting point is 00:47:03 I think it's going to be dope to see how far Detroit goes, for sure. I love K's mentality. Earlier in the season, he was talking about Jalen Green, said, we both know what it is. Yeah. We don't got to like each other. We both know what it is. We see each other on the court.

Starting point is 00:47:15 They made Tobias Harris tough this year. Man. Hard thing to do. Hard thing to do. They got to tread lightly a little bit. No, I mean, because just the Detroit period, like, you know, they're known for rough and tough, gritty basketball, but they're champions, right?

Starting point is 00:47:34 When no one thinks of Detroit Pistons as champs, like they're a championship city. Yeah. Three championships. Because the punching and the fighting and the bad boy style overlooked. So bad boys won two. See, the 0-4 wasn't

Starting point is 00:47:51 a bad boys team. There just was a great defensive team. This team is more like the bad boy style, which if no one noticed, that got quickly banned. So when I say this team has to tread lightly, is that's not the NBA today.

Starting point is 00:48:07 Right. And... Find a happy medium. It's going to be one of those things where, you know, Stewart himself, because, you know, everyone's looking at him as the engine of this type of style, and he will be exiled... for what's going on there and

Starting point is 00:48:26 replaced. I don't think it's good for the league, though. This is why they got rid of it the first time. We're talking about if he could control it. Jordan, right? So you don't want the star players to be hurt and bullied because the sponsorships don't want it.

Starting point is 00:48:42 That's what I'm saying. So if you could control it, right? So I think he's been controlling it more than Dray don't want it. That's what I'm saying. So if you can control it, right? So I think he's been controlling it more than Draymond can control it. And I think Stewart's intimidation factor started because he went against who? That's what gave him the reputation of, when I step on the court

Starting point is 00:48:58 and I foul you and I look at you like, what? What you gonna do? You stand down. If he made it past that, he can make it. And that's Ron Artes in it. That's all that old school. I thought he was done after that. But unlike Draymond Green, he's actually physically fighting. Right? You think about the stuff

Starting point is 00:49:13 that happened in Phoenix, right? Where he actually punched him. After the game went off the court. Yeah, so he's actually putting hands on... Yeah. Yeah, I think they fought. I think it was a boom-boom type of situation. But I think he... Stewart is a bully.

Starting point is 00:49:31 Well, he doesn't even play enough for the... And that's the part... But he does. He does. He does. He's good. I mean, no, I'm not saying that he's not good enough to play. I'm saying, like, he doesn't have enough minutes

Starting point is 00:49:41 for it to be, like, their complete identity all the time. It's his personality. They just, like, throw him in there to stir shit up. He has that kind of Rick Mahorn type feel to him. Charles Barkley type. He's the rough, ruggy. Yeah. Like, he's important. Yes. Very important. Very important. Very important. But it's in the, it's in the,

Starting point is 00:49:55 it's in the, like, think about it. They're already looking at them sideways, right? Right. The refs don't like it, right? The league is trying to figure out how to, so they're going to be getting penalties and kicked out of the game. Like, the refs don't like it. Right? The league is trying to figure out how to. So, they're going to be getting penalties and kicked out of the game. Like, that would happen last night. That can't happen. But you have to.

Starting point is 00:50:10 This is what I'm saying as far as containing it. Containing the hard foul. That was a hard foul that was overreacted by Nas. So, for Isaiah and his dude. When he pushed his dude. Listen, Isaiah is just like. Isaiah is just like Draymond. He just reacted. He saved my teammate.

Starting point is 00:50:28 So, we can't blame him for being the Superman of the situation, because he's the dude that's like, when shit go down, I'm going to move everybody out the way and say, who got the problem? Listen, everybody wants Draymond Green out the league, and he has four rings to back it. What do you think

Starting point is 00:50:47 they're going to do to someone in Detroit? But if the Pistons can get to that level where they're a championship level team, does that change the demeanor of Bucs?

Starting point is 00:50:54 They're not even going to let them. But Steven Adams used to do that too, right? Hmm. He used to be like the enforcer. Yeah, but he didn't

Starting point is 00:51:00 have a reputation for being that type of player. But yeah, he was like the piece enforcer. Think about it. Devin Chinzo. But he's an antagonizer, but for being that type of player but yeah he's like he was like but he's an antagonizer but you need that type of character yeah you need different characters if we was to do nba streets right now with the with the guys isaiah stewart would have his own character as being the enforcer knock you on your head not get the rebound, elbows. You need guys like that. How many other guys is it besides him and Draymond, maybe Dylan Brooks?

Starting point is 00:51:29 Yeah. Nobody else is tough and rugged like that. Yeah, they just gotta pack Dylan Brooks up. They got rid of Brooks. They talking about Memphis got rid of Brooks. Do you think it would have been as big if he would have never went at Brian, though? No, imagine if this was in Detroit.

Starting point is 00:51:43 What would be the outlook now? That, yeah, that's a good point. You see what I know. No, imagine if this was in Detroit. What would be the outlook now? Yeah, that's a good point. You see what I'm saying? That's a good point right there. If this was in Detroit, it reminds them of all the bad shit that Detroit has under their name. That's what I'm saying. They don't look at Detroit as a winning organization. They look at it like a black cloud.

Starting point is 00:52:02 Everyone thinks of bad boys when they look at this team. So if this was in Detroit, we will be having videos of what happened before. That's not a good look for this team. So what ends up happening is going to penalize the shit out of this team, and then at some point within the next two years, they will get rid of Stewart. They don't need to be like that all the time,

Starting point is 00:52:24 because Kade is way too talented. And that's where they're going to erase this light from them. They're going to try to get the cloud out so they can look at Kate in a good light. I'll give you a great take right here. You look at the bad boys. I mean, the 0-4 team. Malice, right? That was the best thing that happened to basketball

Starting point is 00:52:41 at that time. Yes. It was entertaining. The best thing we had seen See, it was boring. What the fuck? Did Ron Artest just go in the stands? Hold up. Did Jermaine O'Neal just knock the fan out? Holy

Starting point is 00:52:53 shit. What is going on? Now, fans are now tuning in to hope that y'all get in another fight next week. That's the best shit we've seen. So now, we're looking at ratings dropping. We're looking at the LeBron show. We're looking at everything that Stephen A and everything

Starting point is 00:53:10 that's going on. Then we see this fight and we're like, we want to stop that? Shit. We need some more fights. We need some more intensity. Even though, like, I get what you're saying. A lot of people are saying that the guys play like they don't care. Sponsorship went down. The dress code came in. Everything changed. Yeah, because a lot of people are saying that the guys play like they don't care. Yeah. That's not true. Sponsorship went down.

Starting point is 00:53:25 The dress code came in. Everything changed. But that was a different time. So, yeah, as a fan, a few fans that like that kind of stuff, yeah, it happened. But overall, the NBA took such a big hit because we were thugs. So what did they do after that? It was a different time, though. Dress code.

Starting point is 00:53:41 Don't throw nothing in the stands. We became so policed that it was crazy. They took away hand gestures. If you hand gest, they was penalizing you. That's a different time. We got our ass whooped. And it wasn't the social media era. You know what I'm saying is y'all wasn't in the league yet.

Starting point is 00:53:57 We couldn't do nothing. I had to beg the NBA. No, what I'm saying is I had to beg the NBA, can I still please throw my jerseys because the fans like this. Like, it was, like, we were handcuffed because of it. This is what I'm saying. Even though all that, even though... Adam Silver's not...

Starting point is 00:54:14 Even though all that shit is real, all that shit is real. Even though the league at that time needed that fight. Even though we went through all of those changes, dress code, it's a different time. There's no social media. Now that it's social media, everybody's attention span is so short.

Starting point is 00:54:31 It's like the ball is so bad to the point where it's like Detroit's playing good ball. The Wolves are playing bad ball. They fight, and it's like, why they fighting? It's like because Detroit,

Starting point is 00:54:41 they getting better. They fighting for something. The Wolves, they complacent. They expecting to be here. They got this prima donna attitude. So now when you think you supposed to get a foul, and I foul you, and I'm a young nigga, and you looking at me like, hey, man, you punk ass,

Starting point is 00:54:55 don't be fouling me like that. It's like, man, who is you? We Detroit. We came together. We didn't come by one. But what's crazy, they both have a similar record, right? But we would say that the Wolves this season are underperforming and obviously the Pistons

Starting point is 00:55:07 triple in there. But you look at the two teams, similar record, obviously different conferences, different standings. If you look at Tame, it would be... Just like if I'm just as a veteran looking at Stewart, right? He didn't even start it.

Starting point is 00:55:23 This is Devin Chinzo. This is that group, but who is the poster child about? Who are we talking about right now? One, because that's where the target is. That's what I'm saying. When someone gets penalized, it's going to be him because they just feel he is the reason somehow.

Starting point is 00:55:39 Even though for the most part, he's always controlled. When I watch him and something happens, he just usually do the point. Like, I'm going to get you later. That's usually his thing. You play with Legos, leave me in the back. This is one of those things where when shit like this happens,

Starting point is 00:55:55 he actually has to remove himself because only everyone's looking at him. What is he doing? Like if Draymond, if the Golden State Warriors got in the scuffle right now, the whole world is looking at what is Draymond doing? But this is gonna fall like if Draymond if the Golden State Warriors got in the scuffle right now The whole world is looking at what is Draymond doing? But if Draymond removes himself or if beef to removes himself from that situation Because you know no matter who started this shit

Starting point is 00:56:19 I'm the reason it started and that's the problem where my memory my choke know what I'm saying He wasn't even in it, But that's what I'm saying. He walked up. He didn't do anything. Nobody looked at Klay. Nobody looked at Washington. Then it comes to Draymond. And that's what Stu...

Starting point is 00:56:34 Stu ain't even have nothing to do with this. He just tries to be a good teammate. He was just trying to break it up. And he becomes the reason. This is the face. He's the one who started it. Just let's just spin Stu. And it's like, Jesus Christ, he didn't even start this shit. It reminds me of Matt He's the one who started it. Just let's suspend Stu.

Starting point is 00:56:45 And it's like, Jesus Christ, he didn't even start this. It reminds me of Matt Barnes with the Clippers. Once you get that reputation, it's hard to drop it. I think you need that, though. You need it. It ain't going to get rid of you. When you don't have a position, he got to take it. It's a role.

Starting point is 00:56:58 It's a role. You sign up. All the roles are taken. Even when he said the Lego thing that was That shit works for a little bit like we he's a great defender continue on his past I get what you're saying, but he got a piece and shoes, but I'm saying he's a good defender But he only makes the news for fighting but he not but he not be he not the guy fighting He's the dude doing a little cheap shot shit. He's a cheap shot smart guy He knows how to, when he say,

Starting point is 00:57:25 all right, when he do that, I'm going to get you in the course of the game where you're going to be like, yo, this motherfucker really just hit me in my...

Starting point is 00:57:32 Like, he's a good defender. He plays his role well, but nobody ever looks at him as that type of person. Like, it's like Reggie Evans, right? Reggie Evans, rebound, he's playing defense.

Starting point is 00:57:43 That's who he is. Now, imagine if Reggie Evans was fighting. That's who he is. That rebounding, playing defense. That's who he is. Now imagine if Reggie Evans was fighting. That's who he is. That's what I'm saying. That's who he is. But if Reggie Evans was actually throwing hands, it becomes a different look. Yeah, Reggie Evans. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:57:54 Well, speaking of reputations, Minnesota wasn't the only city crashing out Sunday. Things got heated in the Rockets-Suns game in Phoenix as well. Let's take a look. So with about five minutes remaining in the second quarter, and the Rockets-Suns game in Phoenix as well. Let's take a look. So with about five minutes remaining in the second quarter and the Rockets up by 17, Dylan Brooks fouled Kevin Durant as he drove to the basket. Then Brooks tried to poke the bear with some of his standard antics after the whistle.

Starting point is 00:58:15 So after some chirping with Nick Richards, both Brooks and Richards were hit with techs. Then after giving an official some choice words, Brooks was hit with a second tech ejected from the game. Had to be restrained by the Rockets Coaching staff. Yeah So when I Nick Richards then as you rolled over That second run was I think Nick Richards and him both got a tech He saw that went at the ref set something to the ref ref him with a second tech ejected from the game

Starting point is 00:58:40 Then that's when the staff came in had to break it up I don't know why people are surprised when they get X when they curse at the roof, then that's when the staff came in, had to break it up. I just don't know why people are surprised when they get a text when they curse at the ref. In a bit of... Like, I understand. Yeah, but, like, then when you continue to curse, I'm just like, why are you surprised? It's like a setup.

Starting point is 00:58:54 It's a setup. So Bill Kennedy offered this hilarious breakdown of the punishments for the issue. Well, they can't be mad when it happens. In reviewing the play, a number of technical fouls have been issued. Technical foul on Durant. Technical foul on Richards.

Starting point is 00:59:14 And two technical fouls on... on Brooks. And he has been ejected. So the double text put Brooks at 16 for the season, which means he will be suspended for one game because he's reached the threshold by the league. But looking at it, I'm just telling you, I know Dylan Brooks has a reputation

Starting point is 00:59:35 that's preceded himself for his time in the Grizzlies and also what he's done with the Rockets. I don't think he deserved to get ejected, but I want to know, did you guys feel like Dylan Brooks deserved to get ejected from that game? Well, it's exactly what Gil just said. He's built a reputation for himself, so refs can't wait to get him out the game.

Starting point is 00:59:48 But that should be the reason why they shouldn't get him out the game, because he built a reputation. You give me leeway because, you know, I'm a very passionate defender, and I'm guarding Kevin Durant. He ain't getting his shit off. Of course we're gonna have a scuffle. Of course we're gonna get tangled.

Starting point is 01:00:03 Just let us get just part of the story. Yeah, the second tech was excessive, I think. Shit weird. You take him out of the game, Kevin. Laugh. Try to act like he didn't know who Dylan Brooks was. Tell him to rest. Try to make it about himself.

Starting point is 01:00:17 They need to stop doing that. They got to stop. Because people are coming to see them now. They're coming to see me rest, right? Look, the dude got in his face, too. The second dude, like... Mm-hmm. So he did the answers for KD.

Starting point is 01:00:28 Yeah. I think that was the first time. That's all he did was like, man, get out of my face. Why you in my face, bro? What's up? Yeah. That just kind of instigated that part of the situation. Yeah, let me turn my mind.

Starting point is 01:00:37 The first tech was too much. The second tech I get... Was deserved. ...based on the first tech, but he should have never gotten the first tech to begin with. Yeah. All it was was a... Has some choice work for the official content. Yeah, but I'm... That first tech, but he should have never gotten the first tech to begin with. Yeah. All it was was a... That's understandable, but... I could never be a ref. We'd be talking to them crazy.

Starting point is 01:00:52 I'd be talking back. I feel bad sometimes. I got my first tech in Nashville. What was that experience like for you? A tech? I didn't even say anything bad. I didn't even curse at him. We had one ref in this one game. He was in his feelings the whole time. You called him ugly. No, I didn't even say anything.

Starting point is 01:01:09 I got text. I was like, sir, I don't even get texts. This is weird. You said, sir, I don't get texts. Yeah. I would have took my text. I would have rescinded it. I would have, oh, okay.

Starting point is 01:01:17 I looked at the bench and everyone was like, you got a text? Did you fight it? No, I was just like, whatever. He gave out three texts that game, though, so he was having a day. You gotta fight him, yeah. He was having one of those days. Listen, it doesn't... The problem ain't the players,

Starting point is 01:01:31 because the players are actually in the moment. Yeah. These are in the moments. The referees are... Spectators. Spectators, holding accountability, right? But you don't have any emotions. Spectators. Spectators. Holding accountability, right? But you don't have any emotions.

Starting point is 01:01:51 Your emotions to give out something that has nothing to do with you has always been weird to me. Right? It's just these two are doing what they're doing. It's in the middle of the moment, and you're purposely coming into the space to pick a side and give a take. Yeah. Right? Because obviously both of them are in this play.

Starting point is 01:02:11 You know, he's holding on to Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant pushes him. He's laughing. And you decide, Richardson, right, pushes. Like, you give him a take first. Yeah. If you're going to give out a tech, this should be the first tech. This is not a double tech because I'm laughing and then someone else decides to intervene.

Starting point is 01:02:30 Yeah, and I move away. He's the one who antagonized this. Give him the technical because now I'm reacting. Now you're giving me a penalty for reacting. And then you give me a tech. Of course, in real time, I'm going to say something. Then you kick me out forward. Yeah. What?

Starting point is 01:02:48 Where's your emotions for you to be this quick with something? What is the definition of a technical foul? What is the literal, in the rule book, what is it? Very broad. To receive one? Yeah, like when you say this is a technical, because people are getting texts from... I want to be a part

Starting point is 01:03:03 of it. People are being like like, all types of things. People are doing all different types of things for text. So, like, what is, like, the dictionary? Like you said, it's the ref's gun, it's the ref's handcuff, it's the ref's ability to have power and be able to control the players on the court. Y'all having fun. Hold on. Yeah, I want to join.

Starting point is 01:03:20 You and you. I'm the police. Because I'm like, some techs understand, like, unsportsmanlike, you're putting someone in danger, like, injury-wise, like, with the closeout, whatever. But the judgment calls of it are, like, ruining, like, what a tech is actually supposed to do for basketball. It's like your emotions is not here. Right? It's like combat fighting. You're just sitting there watching, making sure everything is under control. So to the point where you're actually like taking people out of the game, it just doesn't make sense.

Starting point is 01:04:03 So I'll give you the technical definition real quick and then we'll keep going. So an official may assess a technical foul without prior warning at any time. Technical foul must be assessed to any player on the court or anyone seated on the bench for conduct which, in the opinion of an official, is detrimental to the game. The technical foul must be charged to an individual. A technical foul cannot be assessed for physical contact when the ball is live. The only thing that's detrimental to the team or detrimental to the game is the refs now. You know why?

Starting point is 01:04:30 Should they get penalized? They get penalized, but we don't get to see it. You know why, though? Think about high school. If you're a ref in high school and you don't know none of the players, you're going to ref the game the right way because you're not going to show favoritism. There's no bias. There's no bias. There's no bias.

Starting point is 01:04:46 So think about the NBA, how far we've come to where I'm thinking as a ref, as I've seen the game over the years, a ref is just like a hooper that's just hooping and not looking at the clock. When you're just playing and you lose yourself in the game. Same with a ref. You're not looking at the jerseys, the numbers. You're just looking at if a foul is a foul, travels are travel. I'm calling it like it was elementary if it was.

Starting point is 01:05:06 But we lose sight of that because they now have, oh, you got to call this foul on Shea because it's Shea. You got to call this foul on Joker because it's Joker. Kobe because it's Kobe. Now, the refs don't know what to do because we got to call the calls on the stars because of the entertainment. We all know that so well. You know, if you don't call it, you're a bad ref to do because we got to call the calls on the stars because of the entertainment.

Starting point is 01:05:25 We all know that so well. You know, if you don't call it, you're a bad ref because it's like, yo, we can't give it to you. You're a corner boy. You're a corner boy. You don't get no fouls tonight. But I don't mind the fouls. When you start giving out techs, there's

Starting point is 01:05:38 no one here that would have gave Dylan Brooks a tech. Yeah. Even Richard, like, I'm not, what is the tech for? What am I doing? What did you do to get a tech? Yeah, that was... Like, that stops me in my danger. Like, it's like I'm pulling out my mace,

Starting point is 01:05:51 mace in the room, and I'm not even involved in this shit. Yeah. Y'all having a conversation. You know what I mean? Y'all having a conversation. I'm over here, and I'm literally walking into your space

Starting point is 01:06:01 just to spray you guys. Man, if you don't sit your ass down, man, they can figure out they're professionals. They're trying to maintain control. If they swing, then I can blow my whistle. Other than that, they're doing that little shoving, pushing, and talking trash. That's part of, that is actually part of the game.

Starting point is 01:06:18 That make it fun. I remember, though, like, we used to be at that free throw line talking crazy, and the refs would be trying to, hey, guys, don't let it get past. Don't let it get past this. Like, come on, guys, reel it back. Relax. That's before it gets to the face-to-face,

Starting point is 01:06:34 not even the punching and pushing. It's like, hey, guys, we see. And they'll tell each other. As I watch number 20 and number 10, they bickering and shit. You know, it's up to us at the end of the day. And I know the refs did all that.'s up to us at the end of the day. And I know the ref did all that. Who? Who?

Starting point is 01:06:46 Did the smiling and... That is Bill. Yeah, yeah, Bill. When did that happen? The cameras on the ref? They've been doing it, yeah. When did they start doing that? Recently.

Starting point is 01:06:56 Because I feel like that is now... Oh, yeah. Did you see them? That's their topic. They be on the camera. Yeah. All right. You see me be all in the camera,

Starting point is 01:07:04 all this video. Move his hips left and right. Yeah. I think that's a good thing. You don't just say... They be all in the camera. All right. You see me be all in the camera. All his videos. He moved his hips left and right. I think that's a good thing. You know what's the saddest shit? They need to stop doing that shit. You know what the bad part is? They did all that just for no free, though. You give Kevin Durant a technical, right?

Starting point is 01:07:17 Then you give Richards a technical. Then you give him two double technicals. So they all cancel each other out. Right, so they all cancel each other out. You just lose a player. Lost a player, now what? We have an advantage now. You know what I mean?

Starting point is 01:07:27 Yeah. We have an advantage. And as their best defender, we have a real advantage. Unfortunately, that advantage did not matter. Still got 40-piece. So let's talk about it. 40-piece? The Suns.

Starting point is 01:07:40 They lost by 39. Let's talk about it from the Sun side. Sun's fighting to make the play-in, but that fight took an unfortunate turn during the blowout loss of the Rockets. So let's take a look. Midway through the third quarter, with the Suns down by 35,

Starting point is 01:07:54 KD drove to the pass kick, collided with Jabari Smith, proceeded to suffer an ankle injury that forced him to leave the game. Upon review of it, does not look good. Wrap it up. Does not look good for Kevin Durant. Why is he in the game?

Starting point is 01:08:08 Suns went on to get blown out, 148-109. Phoenix slipped to 11th in the West, a game and a half behind the Kings for the final playing spot. Obviously, you want to send prayers out to KD. Still don't know his status, but, you know, a couple Twitter doctors who I respect said one to two weeks. Obviously, that would align with the season ending. Probably would mean he would not be back or maybe at the very end of the season to help the Suns at least try to get into that play-in.

Starting point is 01:08:35 And to make matters worse, Rockets have a pick swap with the Suns' 2025 draft. So given the nature of KD's ankle injury, like I said, it's likely he's going to have to miss some time. I know you guys have already said that the Suns are cooked, but are the Suns officially cooked after KD's ankle injury, like I said, it's likely he's going to have to miss some time. I know you guys have already said that the sons are cooked, but are the sons officially cooked after KD's ankle injury? Oh, yeah. Are they burnt now? They've been sauteed. I feel buff. But why are they in the game down 40, though?

Starting point is 01:08:58 I hate that. What kind of miracle KD was going to do to come back from a 40-point deficit? So you're saying he shouldn't have been in the game? He shouldn't have been in the game. Dumb shit happens when you just... Yeah, that's crazy. 92 to 57. No way I'm in the game.

Starting point is 01:09:14 No way. No way. Nah. And so what's the largest lead somebody came back from? 23 or something? I'm just... Ever. Has somebody ever came back from down 30 or something?

Starting point is 01:09:28 My bad. What time of the... I'm going to be real. I watched Lakers-Pelicans game a few years ago. They were up by like 40, but Pelicans closed the gap in the fourth. It got a little concerning. Lakers went on to win, but a couple years ago.

Starting point is 01:09:40 Why is he in the game? Exactly why he's supposed to be in the game. Get them numbers. The fuck I have garbage 27 points a game I don't give a fuck what that score is. You better get me to my 27 Yeah, I had 11 when I got hurt, but I mean Right 20 points before you decide to set me out. Well me you have a problem. So Dylan and Brooklyn got kicked out the first half? I'll get sucked. We didn't get kicked out, brother.

Starting point is 01:10:06 He asked me when I twisted my ankle while I'm in the game. I'm in the game. So he was locking that shit up. That's all they got him out of. Yeah, they got him out of the area. Hey, man, we got to help KD out. Biggest comeback, Jay. Jazz came back from 36 down the nuggets back in 1996. They were trailing by 36, came back and won that game.

Starting point is 01:10:18 Brother, you got to be careful. What, 36? I don't care about no comeback. I average 27 points a game. I got 9 and 11 right now. At least give me the 20, right? Because I clean average 27 points a game. I got 9 11 right now At least give me the 20 right because I go from 27 about 25. We got issue That's true. All right. That's why I'm you wanna play that you crazy Was getting blown out when I had your last bench, I know okay down 20 down 20 game over and we lost Motherfuckers ain't ready get him out of here cuz I needed points to get you need to think about that and we lost my 20

Starting point is 01:10:50 I get fuck what we lost, but but I got my average, but that's the energy though. That's why you got hurt Brother Got my You played two more games than you said. You know what, I'm tired of this shit. I'm tired of this shit. I got my average. I'm tired. I mean, if you play the season in Detroit, he shouldn't have even been in the team no more. So largest comeback this season. The team was down 26 points.

Starting point is 01:11:12 The Celtics and Clippers have both done it this season. So, not 35. Man. That's a lot of points to come in. Yeah, man, just call it a wrap. Now they're forced to play bowl-bowl. That's when you put points to come here man. Just call it a call it a wrap That's matter force matter force to play bobo That's when you put them they still not go do it. Can I get a shot playing for a little bit? Not a day once you got no once he got hot. Ah, they realize We're not trying to pay this shit. Oh, they've been bitching them since yeah, he had

Starting point is 01:11:42 I told you Pretending that is crazy, bro. The world sees bobo Yeah, he had, like, what, a few games. I told you. They pretended that the world... Bobo shot for a minute is crazy, bro. The world sees Bobo. He shot seven times in nine minutes. It's too late, motherfuckers. They know he can do it. Seven times in nine minutes. That's such a weird situation they got him in.

Starting point is 01:11:57 You got to come out, though. Like, what are they doing? I mean, if we could rewind all the way back... If he make it. ...to when he first got to Phoenix and I mean, if we could rewind all the way back to when he first got to Phoenix and I said, Bobo, Bobo, Bobo, Bobo. But why is Bobo in this situation, though? What was his thing coming out of that?

Starting point is 01:12:12 Reputation of being lazy. Okay, but there's a lot of guys that are lazy that are benched like this. But once they put that label on you, it's hard. He's seven foot. He's not lazy, though. He's seven foot. You got to do above and beyond to get that off him. No, you just need coaches who know how to coach.

Starting point is 01:12:28 You're seven foot. You've never been a big man. You're not a fucking cinder block, Steven Adams type dude. You're wimpy. You're wimpy with handles and you can do everything that a guard can do. You're just seven foot. So you can't put him down there. You can't be out with Young Thug and everybody else.

Starting point is 01:12:46 You can be out with whoever else everybody else out with, man. You got to change the era. No, bro. He is changing the era because he getting minutes. Now you got bitch. Yeah, you got bitch. But he's still getting to show his talent and his worth more than before.

Starting point is 01:13:03 But when you got that label, you can't be out posting pictures with every rapper and shit out at the club. You can't do that. You got to be in the gym. So if you in the gym and you still not playing, what's the point? Nick, I'm trying to get my numbers up. Let me, if I'm going to still.

Starting point is 01:13:18 We don't know if he's in the gym or not. You don't got to post that shit. Bro, he in the gym and he doing what we've all been doing. 24 hours. But you try to get the label off you. Yes. And if it don't, then you say, fuck it. Every time he gets an opportunity, he performs.

Starting point is 01:13:31 Yeah, it started from his... It started from him coming into the draft. He did the same thing I did, but he was a really top prospect. Right? Didn't take that process seriously. Like, you're talking about a guy who was supposed to be a top three pick.

Starting point is 01:13:48 And he ended up damn near being the last pick in the NBA draft because of what was going on during that process. He got a really bad label on him. But he got injured. He even got injured in college and then got the reposition. Where'd he go to school? Oregon. But as I said, he was still averaging a double-double, so

Starting point is 01:14:03 when he was coming into the draft, when he came out, they were like, oh, he's the top three pick. Yeah, he's the best process. And then he's like, I'm not working for your team. He started doing that, and then it just dropped to the second round. Wait, what did he do in the process, the draft process? He didn't do anything? He didn't want to work out for the third team. And it just became a thing.

Starting point is 01:14:19 And then he got picked by Miami, and then they traded him on draft night. And then, you know, once you get get that label they just start looking at my yeah I think that was Miami's mistake They would have they would have been so good for them They don't know super talented. Bro, I mean, did I say Hasan? Yeah. Shout out Hasan.

Starting point is 01:14:48 We were talking about him last week. Hasan Whiteside was just like Bobo. But they don't do good with talent like that. But you can shape it. You can shape it where it looks so good that you got to pay it. That's what they made Hasan Whiteside look like. Michael Beasley. You had Michael Beasley before LeBron and them came in there, bro.

Starting point is 01:15:07 You couldn't use him at that point. And then this is right when Shaq, like right after Shaq and them. But you had him, and you wasn't playing him. Man, you had, OKC had James Harden. Yeah, but he was six man. But he looked up the bench. Yeah, but you're looking at Mike Beasley coming in as a rookie, and you're like, what is he going to do when we got these guys in in front of him?

Starting point is 01:15:26 This is the same now before now before like that is like you did have Michael Beasley come into your You're saying that you couldn't turn like he was already super talented to the point where Like all you gave him is was the work ethic and he's a superstar. And how did you fuck that up? Because I think the outside or some... Like, but, you know, but, you know, back to Bull Bull, it's just like, we see his talent. He's just one of those guys where you have to be able to think outside the box with him.

Starting point is 01:15:59 Like, he's not an in-box player. So whatever your structure is, if it's not working for him, maybe you need to, I'll say, reward him so he can say, oh, okay, they actually like me. Yeah.

Starting point is 01:16:13 So because they like me, I'm going to go out there and perform. Usually, it's like, you know what? You show me you want to be here. And then we go out there and perform

Starting point is 01:16:21 and then they reward us. There's some people here that you might have to reward first because, you know, how they some people here that you might have to reward first because, you know, how they grew up. Maybe you might have to be the person that says, you know what, I love you, dog. I want you here.

Starting point is 01:16:32 You know what I mean? And then that gets the best out of them. And when they did reward him, put him as a starter, we've seen what he did. But you know who he is? I was one of those. You know who he is? He was one of them.

Starting point is 01:16:43 He's got to inspire me. He's Tays inspire me on him. He's Tayson Hill in football. Who? Tayson Hill is used specifically. Who's Tayson Hill? He's a quarterback. Used to play with the Saints.

Starting point is 01:16:55 But they use him for specific things. Right? Like running plays, because he's fast as hell. They'll put him in a slot and you throw him the ball. He can do a bunch of shit. It's the same type of situation where Bobo is like, you can't use him as a traditional center.

Starting point is 01:17:11 You can't use him as a traditional player. You got to specialize him because he got a special skill set. Just like with Wimby. You can't just throw him the ball and be like,

Starting point is 01:17:19 what do you think? Yeah, yeah. Well, I don't think they was using him like a big man, though. He was shooting threes and doing his thing. Well, that's the problem. You just got to let him play.

Starting point is 01:17:29 You look at Nurkic. What was Nurkic doing when they had Nurk? They had Bobo in the game with Nurkic, and they had Bobo stretch to the corner. You can't put him- But they had Nurkic rolling. But now you take Nurkic out to piece and you put Bobo at the five, you're expecting him to roll. Nah.

Starting point is 01:17:44 He's not doing that shit. You can't put Bobo in and make him feel like he gotta shoot every time. Like, he gonna come right out the game if he don't make shots. That ain't the problem right now with Bobo. Bobo is at the point where he's showing them what he is

Starting point is 01:17:59 and they're like, fuck. Yeah, it's a damn lie. If I keep playing him, he's going to keep performing, and I can't afford him. He can't afford him. You know what I mean? So it's like, I'd rather keep him benched, you know, and then when he goes to free agency,

Starting point is 01:18:17 I can get him back for four-year 20. That's great for me. But if you, Kevin Durant is out, so you have to play him 30 minutes, which you're not because you play Bo Bo 30 minutes, he go out there and have 19, 9, and 5. You're like. Why you ain't been playing him 30 minutes the whole time? Yeah, you know what I mean?

Starting point is 01:18:33 It becomes a thing. But you already saw that in the flashes where he did get the start. So now if you Bo Bo, why don't I want to come back to a team that's trying to strong arm me? Yes. Like I was a part of that business where I'm playing well and now they're putting me in two minutes, taking me out. Three minutes, taking me tell. Like, I was a part of that business where I'm playing well, and now they're putting me in two minutes, taking me out.

Starting point is 01:18:47 Three minutes, taking me out. So my numbers is dropping. I'm like, yo, Coach, what's fucking up? And he's like... But think about the... He's upstairs, bro. Think about Bobo's peers. I knew that.

Starting point is 01:18:55 Yeah. Think about Bobo's peers, though. All the people who know how cold Bobo is, and they see him over there sitting on the bench and not playing, but then he gets spurts, and they like, man, look what they doing to Bo. He was so cold. Now all we got is memories of, dang it, in high school, he was cold.

Starting point is 01:19:13 He was giving us 18 and 10 in college, and they won't even give him no tick in the league. What's going on? I don't think he can't read us yet. He not can't read us yet. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Yeah, I'm about to say, yeah, he not can't read us. Bobo, he started...

Starting point is 01:19:25 We've watched him average 18 and 9. So, you know, Lakers is coming after him, Phoenix. So I don't give a fuck what you're doing. The King already said he's coming. King is coming for Bobo. Pick and roll with Luka. What's happening? What's happening? I'makers would be tough. What's happening?

Starting point is 01:19:45 I'm just letting you know right now. The Lakers on the top. McKean directly or indirectly said, you know, Bobo is on the radar. So either you're going to have to overpay him or he's going to be a Laker and shit is about to be cracking.

Starting point is 01:19:59 Can you do a sign and trade? Huh? Fuck a sign and trade. He's about to be a free agent. Free agent, baby. Brother, we getting them. We getting them, baby. Brother, we, hey, man, we getting them. We getting them, man. We gonna be local uniform, man.

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Starting point is 01:21:32 to improve your dog's health. Just add a scoop of Rough Greens. So Gil, you brought up the Lakers. We weren't going to talk about them on the show today. Hey brother, I just, I don't mean to my son just send me a picture, man. He on the billboard in Times Square. Okay.

Starting point is 01:21:47 Shout out to Elijah Arenas playing the McDonald's All-American game tomorrow. My nephew, boy. He on the billboard. Yeah, he is. We got a billboard, all right. Yeah, he already hit me and said, yeah, talk to my assistant. He said, I'm on the billboard in Times Square. So he just talked to my assistant. He said, I'm on the billboard and it's high and square,

Starting point is 01:22:07 so he just talked to my assistant. He not taking incoming calls anymore, too. No, no, my shit going to green. God, look at this. I'm going to green now. I used to be blue. Oh, man, this nigga done changed his name, bro.

Starting point is 01:22:21 Yeah, he done did a me on me. Please do not zoom in on those texts. You don't take incoming calls like that. You don't take incoming calls. Woo, baby. Let's talk a little Lakers. Been a wave of emotion for the Lakers in recent days. Just a heads up, you couldn't do none of that shit he just did.

Starting point is 01:22:34 On Friday, McCants, he didn't read none of that Wolf shit. But Josiah don't got no ladies with him, too, man. That's a lot of reason right there. No distractions on the couch. The nigga's the best. Let's talk. The best is 10% off. Let's talk about Lakers.

Starting point is 01:22:51 Been a wave of emotion in the Lakers. How you go out of the screen, they got you on screen. So you know what I mean? Yeah, we got it on the Zoom out. You know what I mean? We got to let the crowd know. I wanted you to do it. Yes, I did.

Starting point is 01:23:04 And I smartened up. I said, Nick is not, I do not trust Nick We gotta let the crowd know I wanted you to do it. Yes Nick is not what I'm doing to read a goddamn thing off of this computer. I do not trust you They got college now you can be like a 12 year senior they. They had that in high school. Uh-oh. Keep talking. Come on, keep talking. Let's say another motherfucking thing about me on this show.

Starting point is 01:23:31 It's over for you. You heard it? I'm just going to post my son. Thank you. You're just going to support your son? Let's keep it Elijah. Been a wave of emotion

Starting point is 01:23:40 for the Lakers in recent days after packing up Stephen A. Smith during his appearance on the Pat McAfee show which aired last Thursday. LeBron went on to help the Lakers get the win over the Pacers with a game-winning, buzzer-beating tip-in.

Starting point is 01:23:52 The Lakers were on pace to get another win on the second night of a back-to-back against the Bulls on Thursday, up by five with 12 seconds remaining in the game. But then this happened. So, Patrick Williams knocked down a three. Yeah, this might have been the funniest thing I've ever seen. To cut the lead to two. Oh, this is funny. Then LeBron threw a bad pass.

Starting point is 01:24:12 I still have no idea why LeBron tried to throw that pass. I get he was trying to give it to Lemon Daddy, best free throw shooter. No way. Giddy steals the ball, gets it to Kobe White. Kobe White hits the three to put the Bulls up one. Papadi Lamont comes back, goes off the glass to get the Lakers. A one-point lead. Feeling good.

Starting point is 01:24:26 3.3 seconds remaining. What could happen? Giddy inbounds and gets the ball back. Half-quarter. Game. That's crazy. He held the fall through, too. Held it.

Starting point is 01:24:34 The Gidler. Tough. Got the Lakers. You should see the picture. That's crazy. On LeBron. Everything about the picture. You want to see it?

Starting point is 01:24:44 It was an unfortunate day for LeBron fans, but we will acknowledge it. So the day before he won against the— Look, tip-in Pacers next day, Lakers comfortable lead. We feeling good about to get our second straight win. Get got by the Gidler. We were actually watching the game on playback with Mr. B. Here was our real-time reaction to the Gidler's Game winner. This is your positivity.

Starting point is 01:25:07 This is the funniest we've ever seen. Oh, limit, daddy. Limit! Limit! Limit! The Giddler! The Giddler! The Giddler! Oh, shit! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Starting point is 01:25:26 Both of y'all suck. I took a brand-new laugh. Get him. He's pretty stuck. Yo! Yo! He was hot, bro. No, hey, I felt that emotion right there.

Starting point is 01:25:39 That's why I get hurt. That shit hurt. I was laughing at that video for 20 minutes, bro. Not laughing. Gil, appreciate you for ending the stream. That shit was I get hurt. That shit hurt. I was laughing at that video for 20 minutes. Oh. Not laughing. Gil, appreciate you for ending the stream. That shit was funny as hell. So Gil had left the screen after the Bulls took the lead, reemerged with Papa de Limons,

Starting point is 01:25:54 go ahead, Bucket, and then, you know, unfortunate. Ball don't lie. Ended in that situation. But I want to know for all y'all, y'all ever been in a game that crazy where you thought you had it and then some shit went down?

Starting point is 01:26:10 No. Yeah. What was yours? It was Duke game, UNC Duke at home. At home, sophomore year, Chris Duhon. Actually, I can't remember. I hit the shot to put us up or Jawad Williams, I can't remember. But they inbound the ball, pushed that bitch up. He went up and under, like two seconds left.

Starting point is 01:26:37 I do remember that. Yeah, it was like fucking crazy cuz we hadn't beat him yet. Well, we beat him the year before. So this was supposed to be our second time beating them at home. It was at your crib. It was at our crib. And it was the only time we actually beat them was at home, so we never won at Duke.

Starting point is 01:26:51 So we lost that one. It was like at the buzzer, Chris Duhon. Oh, yeah, I've been in one of those. I hate that shit. Swag, you been in one of those? First UCLA. We was down two. With a follow?

Starting point is 01:27:02 Yeah, we was down three. Yeah, with a follow. Hell yeah. That's the photo. We was down two. With a follow? Yeah, we was down three. Yeah, with a follow. Hell yeah. That's the photo. We was down three. But like a couple seconds left, I hit the three, got fouled. So we went up one. They came down and hit Aaron to follow the game winner.

Starting point is 01:27:17 We had like four seconds, three seconds left, and the game was over. Damn. That was a good game. All in a matter of 11 seconds. Yeah, it was like the best game ever. That's your crib if I'm not mistaken. If it's down three, yep, that's a game. You hit a four point play?

Starting point is 01:27:28 Hit the four point play. Gamelin Center? Crazy, the crowd's on fire. I'm on the floor. Ah! Four seconds. Was that the Gamelin Center? Gamelin Center just recently?

Starting point is 01:27:35 Just opened. Yeah, you know, we blessed it. We had to bless the Gamelin Center. This is Nick before premature celebrations. You already thought. Ah! Yeah! No, Nick, goddamn, sit your ass down somewhere. You always celebrate before it's time.

Starting point is 01:27:51 Yeah, man, that shit hurt to this day, man. I see you over here eating chocolates. I know I didn't want to bring it back up, but we got to talk the good and the bad. But not to pile on with the PTSD, but Sunday was the anniversary of another buzzer beater that had gone into failure. Why Hey, man, fuck all that. Why?

Starting point is 01:28:06 Can I ask you a question? After we went up, why was you... Like, I'm hearing you talk, like, wait, wait, wait. Like, what kind of negativity did you put on the team? I saw the giver. He did that. Like, you see me celebrating. I'm happy, like, we just went up.

Starting point is 01:28:23 Right? I mean, the fucking Kobe White, that already had me fucked up, and I had to walk out of the room. Right? That's why the room was empty because I left. But why are you even suggesting that this can possibly be a shot? It was who

Starting point is 01:28:37 it was. He just airballed a layup. So why would you even have that confidence for us to even stop him? Airballed a layup because he tried to switch hands and not get it? Why are you putting that kind of energy in the air because I saw the Giller open dribbling up the fucking he was open What he made he missed the fucking layup to bruh It just didn't feel right The red flowers. Damn.

Starting point is 01:29:05 I'm sorry. Get him some blue flowers. Get him some blue flowers. You just reminded me of what just happened. You want the yellow ones? Hey, can someone call Jordan? You know what? I know what to do.

Starting point is 01:29:18 Oh, that was Jordan in the business. Hey, Jordan fans, obviously, LeBron is number one now. How about that? Wow. Yeah. Very fair, accurate assessment. Just to be honest, for another 24 hours. For another 24 hours, LeBron James is number one over Michael Jordan because of what Giddy did.

Starting point is 01:29:39 I wasn't hoping that Giddy... My mood got fucked up. Y'all mood get fucked up. I wasn't hoping that Giddy made that shot, but it was way too wide open. And it just felt like one of those nights. That's what it... And he knew that was in when he shot it. No one knew it was in.

Starting point is 01:29:53 He did. No one knew it was in. We did. We did. Josiah knew, too. We did. It didn't feel right in my soul. I knew Stephen A was...

Starting point is 01:30:00 Like, I want to be petty so bad, I really want to just ask the question. What's the question? But I'm not even going to go that route. He hit a good shot. No, no, ask the question. No, no, he hit a good shot. Oh, no, no, don't ask that question.

Starting point is 01:30:15 He hit a good shot, and that's why we're just going to leave it like that, right? So just unfortunately, Jordan takes the fall for this, and he's number two. You know what? Fuck that, he's number three. Fuck it, he's number four. You got LeBron, Kobe, he's number two. You know what? Fuck that. He's number three. Fuck it. He's number four.

Starting point is 01:30:25 You got LeBron, Kobe, Curry, then Jordan. You know what? Magic, then Shaq, then Jordan. So six now. Okay. Shaq, then Jordan. He's fine there. Larry Bird's safe?

Starting point is 01:30:37 Ew. Okay. Just making sure. Yuck. Okay. Ew to Larry Bird. I'm not going to be that disrespectful. No.

Starting point is 01:30:45 I'm like, I'm really'm not gonna be that disrespectful. No. You know what I mean? I'm like, I'm really not gonna be that disrespectful. Just enough to just say, all right, Jordan Fins, fuck off. So, not to pile on with the PTSD, but Sunday's the anniversary of another buzzer-beater that had you in your feelings, Gil. So, let's take a trip back down memory lane. Show that shit. Show it.

Starting point is 01:30:59 Oh. You remember, March 30th. Oh, you made some free throws. 2007, made the free throw. The Wizards up three. Roughly steals the inbound pass. Oh, you made some free throws. 2007, made the free throw, put the Wizards up three. Roughly steals the inbound pass. Oh, what? No way. Watch it right here. Watch Gil say.

Starting point is 01:31:11 I don't believe it. I don't believe it. It's the Wizards. We're going to check it out. Obviously, Mokey grabbed the ball, threw up a desperation heave at the buzzer. Wow. Sent the game to overtime. a desperation heave at the buzzer. Wow. Sent the game to overtime.

Starting point is 01:31:27 Raptors went on to win the game. Gil, on a positive note, you had 34 points in that game. Woo! Now, look how Gil was running for that ball, though. Can't even wind that. Let's take a look. Like, what happened here? Yeah, what happened right here, though?

Starting point is 01:31:42 Why he threw? Right, no, no, no, before the shot. Like, where was he throwing the ball? Throwing it up in the air to celebrate. In the very beginning. We see Gil's face right there. God. Is that Will Bond behind you?

Starting point is 01:31:59 Got him out of rewind? Yeah, we don't have the technology yet in the arena. I know we have a million subscribers, but we are still behind. Still old heads. They still call us unks. Why do you throw the ball like that? Why are you ducking from the ball? See, I shot the free throw and got back.

Starting point is 01:32:17 Why are you bowlegged? This ain't God. Look at that. I shot the free throw and got back. Why are you ducking? I was stealing that. Why are you ducking? See, I stole it.

Starting point is 01:32:25 And then why didn't you just keep it? Celebrating. Oh, was that a celebration? I mean... That makes it funnier. Ill-advised. You know, trying to toss it up. Hey, we won the joint.

Starting point is 01:32:38 Yeah. He didn't want to get fouled. What was it? He didn't want to go to the free throw line. And he thought it was like two seconds up, if he threw it up in the air, the timer would run out. I don't know if his muscles was created in the lab or he created them in the weight room because obviously they didn't seem to work.

Starting point is 01:32:59 I'm up for just... Wait, so you don't know why he did that? You didn't ask him why he threw the ball up like that? You see how strong he is? You didn't say nothing? Hell no, I didn't say shit. That's the one who stops fights. That's Elijah, man.

Starting point is 01:33:16 That's the one who stops fights. Y'all get in the fight, he's the one that just grabs motherfuckers. Watch out! Watch out, y'all! It's all right, man. We'll get him next time. One out, y'all! Like, ah. It's all right, man. We'll get him next time. One hand, yeah, just one hand,

Starting point is 01:33:28 just holding people. That's him, so I don't want to see what happens when he do get mad. You see him smile? Did anybody say something? Did you see him smile at the end? What was the locker room like, though, after, though? Did anybody...

Starting point is 01:33:38 No one said, why did you throw the ball up like that? I mean, Karan stood ten toes down. He said, I guess just those supposed was just there for show. He said that? Yeah, he did. Yeah, shit, that's where Zine came out. Yeah.

Starting point is 01:33:51 Wisconsin, ain't shit out there. So, girl, I know you got to see that every single year, likely for the rest of your life, March 30th. What's the first thing that comes to mind when you see that clip? What type of coach don't play a man all year, all game, and then they put him in to shoot a three and he didn't make it? Mopi got in, nine seconds remaining in the game.

Starting point is 01:34:13 It was his first game action for the entire game. Yeah, that's the second time that happened to us. Is he left-handed? Yeah, he's left-handed. Oh, okay. He wasn't playing all game. That's crazy. He wasn't even relevant to the game.

Starting point is 01:34:26 Why? He became a hero. I don't ask questions. You got to be ready. I don't ask questions. Mm-hmm. Mopi was all right, though. I think we lost that game in overtime.

Starting point is 01:34:36 You lost the game in overtime? No, Mopi did one of them. Yeah. He won it. Yeah, he was the first one. He was just big. Like, that season, he was just... Coach wasn't fucking with him. Yeah. If anybody make was on coach was a fucking with him. Yeah

Starting point is 01:34:46 If anybody make one of me be him And go after that ball like that. Yeah, it was we lost in overtime. So and what's Chris boss plan again? But I had 34 on a loss. To fucking who was that? The only way we know it was a loss is because he said it. Who was the dude guarding you? Nobody was guarding me. Calderon. Yeah, Calderon.

Starting point is 01:35:13 I had 34. No one was guarding me. When you average 29, no one's actually guarding you. You lost to Toronto. Think about what I just said. 34. No one was guarding me. Wizards.

Starting point is 01:35:28 Somebody got to score. Three of us scored. Why you didn't score when you was on the Wizards? I did. How many you have? Damn, Nick. We have AJ? Yeah, my friend.

Starting point is 01:35:38 I know. Was I in jail then? Yeah, you was gone. They kicked you out. I was in the halfway house. But you was my dog then, man. You was passing me the ball. You know, you knew you was out. I was in the halfway house. But you was my dog then, man. You was passing me the ball. You know, you knew you was leaving.

Starting point is 01:35:47 That's crazy. You was in the halfway house, not the hallway house. That lets you know the talent. When I was there, I was averaging 29. You took my spot, averaged 18, so you couldn't do it. John Wall took your spot, not me. How much John averaged? John averaged about two and a half.

Starting point is 01:36:02 I took Deshaun Stevenson's spot, so obviously I did better than him. Look at what fucked you. Gil has a lefty arena for the moment being, but let's keep this thing moving. Underdog launching a Gil's Arena NBA playoff best ball tournament with a $50,000 prize pool. Draft the team for the entirety of the playoffs.

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Starting point is 01:36:56 And can you please go retrieve Gilbert, tell him this is a positive segment? I need a picture with everybody out there because everybody look nice. I need my Instagram to go up a little bit. So I need a good picture of it. You have a very robust? Yeah, I feel good today.

Starting point is 01:37:10 I need my people to see me. And you don't get this often from gills. I don't like what I'm saying right now. Come on, if you're with that. Come on, bro. Come on, let's do it. Come on, come on. Come on, man, that shit got a fire in it.

Starting point is 01:37:23 What is this? Uh-oh. Come on, man on man. That's she got a fire in it Come on man You know how to do it Wow you gonna turn it like that Double grip on camera. No the double Cause you they use a car your job You was the one to lose. I knew you. Boy, they used to call you Jawbone. Come on, man. Don't sit next to me. So, get a positive segment now.

Starting point is 01:37:55 Lakers got the chance to bounce back Saturday. You don't mention Lakers right now. No, it's positive. Just say just certain names. It'd be Memphis. Little clock. I just won. Say, like, Luka.

Starting point is 01:38:08 So, the Lukas got the chance to bounce back Saturday and reclaim the fourth spot in Memphis in the Grizzlies' first game after firing their former head coach Taylor Jenkins. We'll have more on that in a moment. Before the game, Lakers head coach JJ Redick met with Luka LeBron and Austin Reeves, challenged his big three to play with more force and creativity when they're on the floor together. And the trio accepted that challenge. Let's take a look at some of those highlights from this weekend. So John Morant, back on the floor after missing the previous six games, finished with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists in 31 minutes of action.

Starting point is 01:38:35 Austin Reeves, like you pointed out, also known as Lemon Daddy, also known as Papadi Lemon. In certain communities, led the Lakers 31.7 rebounds and 8 assists, 5 for 8 from deep, 10 for 10 from the line. Luka had 29 eight rebounds and nine dimes. He was eight for 18 from the field, but 11 for 12 from the line. And LeBron added 25.6 rebounds. Eight assists and three steals on 10 for 21 shooting.

Starting point is 01:38:59 Let's watch Luka put Eady in the mixer. Is Eady, how Edie doing this year? He's not playing bad. He all rookie? He made all rookie team? It's possible. Okay. Oop.

Starting point is 01:39:12 Damn. But. Come on. Luka taught him a few things about life in the NBA. If that was Gobert, it'd be everywhere. And shout out Gabe Minson, also known as Shamar Moore. 15 points off the bench. Okay, Luka. And I got four threes. Little Made out Gabe Benson, also known as Shamar Moore. 15 points off the bench. I got four threes. Little Madea

Starting point is 01:39:27 Braves, okay. Little Madea Braves. You can pull them off. You can just pull us over here. Lakers had a 50-40-90 game as a team. Shot 51% from the floor, 44% from three. Nearly 93%

Starting point is 01:39:43 at the line. Finished their four-game road trip with a record of 2-2. Now a game and a half behind the Nuggets for the third spot in the West. So let's go to the pro Lakers side of the couch first. What do you like about this Lakers squad so far in the Luka era, and what concerns you about this team? Go ahead, give them. You said concern? Nothing concerns.

Starting point is 01:40:07 Okay. Nothing concerns me. You got that. What we have here in the fourth spot? In the fourth spot right now, very tight Western Conference. Yeah, we good. We good. That's who we want to play in the first round. Eight games left for the Lakers. Yeah.

Starting point is 01:40:23 Very difficult strength of schedule. Was this the day they fired the coach? I think they fired him the day before, then the Lakers. Yeah. Very difficult strength of schedule. Was this the day they fired the coach? I think they fired him the day before, then the Lakers went into town. Dang, that sucks. Because usually when you fire a coach, the team, like, gets a win. Like the Raleigh-

Starting point is 01:40:35 Not this time. Ja look like he don't want to be there. You see that backdoor clip LeBron did? Ja just jogging. Let's fucking wait till the season's over to fire him. Is he ready to leave? That doesn't make sense. John Morant.

Starting point is 01:40:48 We're going to talk about that in just a second. Doesn't make any sense. But the Lakers was good, man. If he played Memphis first round, I'm, pfft. Did y'all see the clip Bane? It might be four. Bane said, as far as regarding the firing of Jenkins. About how he didn't miss no shots and he didn't create.

Starting point is 01:41:03 Yeah, yeah. So basically it was like, you know, the coach didn't shoot no shots and he didn't create. Yeah, yeah. So it basically was like, you know, the coach didn't shoot no shots. He ain't had to guard nobody. He got fired because of the shit we wasn't doing in the game plan. But they in the good seed, though. How you get fired when you win, though?

Starting point is 01:41:17 Winning as coach in franchise history. That's what he's saying. That's why Bane is like, it's not on him. It's on us because we fucked that up. Somebody didn't want him there. See, yeah, something happened. Yeah, because just Bane didn't want's not it's not on him. It's on us cuz we we fucked that up Somebody didn't want him there. See ya something happened John Moran hasn't been playing as much as he should this year. Yeah JJJ You know went down JJJ. Yeah, Jerry Jackson Jerry, um young fella from last year

Starting point is 01:41:43 GG He missed majority of the season so Young fella from last year, GG. He missed the majority of the season. Yeah, they're your playoff team, so why would you fire them? I mean, somebody was like, fuck that. Many feel like the writing was on the wall. I think even Taylor Jenkins thought that he might have got booted last season. He was asked to fire a bunch of coaches, bring in new staff this season. How long has he been there?

Starting point is 01:42:06 I believe it was his fifth in the midst of his sixth season, but. So crazy. He had a winning, he had a winning. Yeah, he only missed one. Most wins in franchise history. Yeah. So we seen coaches getting fired with winning records and coaches holding their jobs, getting their ass blasted every season.

Starting point is 01:42:20 Still because they got a name and they get to keep their job because they got friends that's going to protect that. Taylor Jenkins ain't got that. Now, he, who was the other dude? It was Griffin. Griffin. And then was it Monty? Yeah.

Starting point is 01:42:35 Monty Williams. These are all guys who with winning records are being excused and we don't know why. Yeah. And then they don't get rehired. And we got guys like J. like JJ pulling up and just automatically get a job just because Mark Jackson ain't even got a second chance. Bucks fired a boot holder after winning a chip. Because you got niggas like me on your team.

Starting point is 01:42:53 All right, get this motherfucking out of here. Get the hell out of here. You know how to do it. I done got them all out of here. Get the hell out of there. Like a ton of this shit. Yeah. I would just be honest with you, man. That sounds like a job. You think I felt bad for it? No, just saying, good.

Starting point is 01:43:13 You need to. Let's talk Lakers real quick, then we'll go more in depth on the whole Taylor Jenkins thing. Did Mike Brown have a winning record too? When the Sacramento? Oh, yeah, man. Hey, is this movement just? He had a winning record? End of the 16th season, hey, man, yeah, man. It's this movement. He had a winning record?

Starting point is 01:43:27 In the end of the 16th season playoff drought. Fox said move around. Fox said move around. But then who moved? Mike Boothoser. So Boothoser won a championship with the Bucs. And now he's in the Phoenix. Or he might have been DeRozan.

Starting point is 01:43:38 Listen, you don't just move a coach unless the stars are basically saying, hey, man, look. They moved a coach and the star. So whose fault was that? You're getting fired right before playoffs? Yeah, that's crazy. Playoff run, you've been pushing for all season. They must know they ain't going to win. Or they might have did some shit.

Starting point is 01:44:00 He might have did some shit he wasn't supposed to do. Put that JJJ in. Why the fuck you playing him? Hmm? Who's up for Supermax? They're going to have to pay him now. $325 million. He about to be all NBA.

Starting point is 01:44:15 $325 million or if you just sit his ass, he gets paid $120-something million. But that's if he won defensive player of the year. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Why are you giving him enough time to win defensive player of the year? Don't he got to make an all-team? He got to make an all-NBA team. But we're winning, right? We're winning.

Starting point is 01:44:32 And he's going to get rewarded for the winning. So why are you playing him this much? Because we're trying to make a win over him. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But he's going to cost me $120-something more million. Actually, $200 million. So you think that there's a lot of pushback with coaches that are giving what they're supposed to do,

Starting point is 01:44:48 and then they want to win, and they're like... Yeah, the coaches are supposed to win, and that's the problem. The coaches want to win. The owners are thinking about business. So if you really think about it, why would he be suspended? I mean, why would he get kicked out right now? It doesn't make sense. The only thing that's up for your coaching job is, the man I don't want to pay 200 million out right now. It doesn't make sense. The only thing that's up for your coaching job

Starting point is 01:45:05 is the man I don't want to pay $200 million to right now. So you see him playing them 35 fucking minutes, he might get back into the defensive player of the year. What if he make, like, all-defensive team, he still get the money? I don't know if the all-defensive team counts. I don't know if it's all-NBA or defensive player of the year, then he becomes eligible for that Supermax.

Starting point is 01:45:24 All of it is fucking A. He was in the conversation for all-NBA or Defensive Player of the Year, then he becomes eligible for that Supermax. All of it is fucking A. He was in the conversation for All-NBA before he got hurt. Played three minutes, five minutes, he just... That's what I'm saying. Fucking your time up. That's what you do as a coach. Bobo. Do the bobo on him. But look...

Starting point is 01:45:37 You got a great-ass job if you do the bobo on him. But if we're losing and I'm doing the bobo, it makes me look worse because now I look like I'm tanking. As a coach, you look worse. But for me. You look good, of course. For me as an owner, you're doing a great-ass job. But not if we want to get to the playoffs.

Starting point is 01:45:54 I don't care about the playoffs. The playoffs cost me another $200 million for this player. So it's either the player or your job. But the playoffs do bring money in. And whoever you replace me with is going to do the same thing I'm trying to do, which is win. So now you're going to lose with the next guy, too, unless you tell him we tanking.

Starting point is 01:46:13 It's not about tanking. This player right now is if we're winning and he's playing well, I have to pay him $200 million extra. So do you want to keep this player or do you want to show this player that you're trying to franchise tag him? I want to keep him for $125. He don't want to stay. He want to go.

Starting point is 01:46:34 He want to be here for $300. But he can't get $300 million nowhere. So I'm the one that can pay him the most no matter what. Just this extra franchise tag gives him $325,000, and he's not my franchise player. So I got my franchise player for cheap, and then I get my second best player for cheap. But it's looking at how you're doing it.

Starting point is 01:46:55 How you're keeping your players for cheap. They penalize the coach, and they're trying to penalize Jaren because their superstar has been not producing. But could it be Ja, though? Ja don't look like he interested, though. No, not producing. Overproducing. No, no, no. Ja. I'm talking about Ja. Oh, Ja.

Starting point is 01:47:10 Ja don't look like he interested, though. Like, he look like he mad or something. Like, JJJ ain't going nowhere. It's just, you know, he gonna cost me an extra $200 million. You playing him. You playing him. Like, y'all got a motherfucking contract going on. That's like his team for most of the season. Like, he promised you some money on the side.

Starting point is 01:47:24 But Ja can't be mad. Right. Shit happens. But he can't. He has to be in redemption mode. You put everything into this situation. We are all here because of some shenanigans. So you can't be mad.

Starting point is 01:47:38 He might not put them in the same position he used to put them in. Let's go in depth on this. The offense is different. The defense, I mean. The offense is different. He don't look like the same player either. Let's go in depth on this thing. According to Shams, Jenkins was called into the Grizzlies office on Friday morning,

Starting point is 01:47:54 fired in person. Amidst of his sixth season in Memphis, had a record of 215 and 214 in the regular season. As we pointed out, those 250 wins, most in franchise history. Also led the Grizzlies to the playoffs in three of his first five seasons. Obviously, those 250 wins, most of franchise history. Also led the Grizzlies to the playoffs in three of its first five seasons. Obviously, they were on pace to make it again this year, but was 9-14 in the postseason. Grizzlies were 8-11

Starting point is 01:48:13 since the All-Star break at the time of Jenkins firing. Grizzlies assistant Tuomas Izalo, I'm trying to say that right. Don't get mad at me. Tuomas Izalo, who was in his first season coaching in the NBA, was named interim head coach. So after the Grizzlies lost to the Lakers Saturday, John Morant had this reaction when asked about the team parting ways with the only coach he's had in his NBA career. I was in the bed, my people was calling, like, did you see the internet? I thought somebody said something about me again. And then I seen it. I was shocked.

Starting point is 01:48:50 Texted him and tripped. Yeah, that's all. It's sort of neutral to be this deep into your career and have only had one coach. Yeah. So, like, what does it sort of mean to you? What do you think it means to the team for this change to happen at this point in the season? What it means to me?

Starting point is 01:49:11 To you and to the team. I mean, it's tough for me. Like you said, you know, I had Coach Taylor since, you know, I got here. You know, everything, you know, I've done in a Grizzlies jersey, you know, pretty much been under him. So, that's always tough. It's my first time really experiencing, you know, coach leaving since I've really been hooping.

Starting point is 01:49:32 So it was a lot in the process. But, you know, with the timing, it's just, you know, tough. We had to quickly turn the page to the Lakers. And, you know, that's just a tough part of it, the business part of, I guess, the NBA. I'm just imagining John begging to call, like, you see the Internet? Like, what about it? Like, what happened now? What on the Internet do y'all want me to see?

Starting point is 01:49:58 But according to a report from the Athletics, Joe Varden and Kelly Aiko, Jenkins' dismissal was an inevitable, only a surprise given the timing, with multiple league sources expecting Memphis to make changes this offseason due to growing discontent between Jenkins and the players, unease among his assistants, and different visions between Jenkins and the front office

Starting point is 01:50:16 on how to play. So Jenkins was forced to fire the bulk of his coaching staff last season, thought he was going to be a part of it as well, came back this season, installed a new fast- offense uh at the behest of the front office with parts of that scheme being introduced by their now interim head coach izalo two times he was a two-time coach of the year in germany's pro league last season led paris to a promotion from the euro cup to the euro league while being named coach of the year in france's second division uh but reportedly john moran had issues with his offense on multiple occasions,

Starting point is 01:50:45 was seen arguing with Jenkins on the sidelines about rotations, substitutions, and offensive play calls. But when y'all see this, I think the only thing for me, you're in fourth, fifth spot. You've been bouncing back and forth. You're having a great bounce-back season. He was forced to fire his whole staff? I think a bulk of that staff last season thought he was going to be a part of it.

Starting point is 01:51:05 They retained him, let him come through. Grizzlies had a hot start to this season, like I mentioned. Been struggling a little bit since the All-Star break. We heard what Ja had to say. But just the timing of it, I mean. Weird. And Gil, you saying, hey, fuck the playoffs? I mean, he had 23, 19, 27, and his ass get fired right after that?

Starting point is 01:51:30 Who? Jaren. Oh. Look, I been in them offices upstairs, so I done heard them conversations and shit. There's basketball and then there's business. I've been in them offices upstairs, so... I done heard them conversations and shit. There's basketball, and then there's business of basketball. And this is business of basketball.

Starting point is 01:51:56 They don't have to pay him, though, right? They don't. Okay, look. If he becomes eligible, yeah, they don't have to. If he becomes eligible, it doesn't matter. He's negotiating. You think he's gonna take... Like, right now, if he doesn't make a team, he's automatically at 120-something. Yeah. If he makes the team, the max he can get is 300-something,

Starting point is 01:52:14 which means you think... But Memphis don't got that. What I'm saying is if you think that the conversation is starting at 120-something, no. No, but I'm saying... We in the 300s. As Memphis, you don't have to pay him. So you lose him for nothing. Hey, man, that's just...

Starting point is 01:52:27 You can't even sign and trade him. You can't even sign him and trade him for 300 because there's nobody that's going to... That's what I'm saying. ...give you $300 million worth of assets for. So what? Is he going to go on the market and then somebody ain't going to pay that?

Starting point is 01:52:43 $250 is still... So you can't match with somebody else? $250 is still more than you want to pay anyway. Is he unrestricted? So he's got one more year left on his deal set to make $23 million next year, so they could, funny style, I'm not giving an extension this summer,

Starting point is 01:52:54 wait till trade deadline or before trade deadline next year, try to move. If he don't make a team, they're giving his ass an extension this year. They're not even gonna... You're not even gonna try it next year. But if you were now...

Starting point is 01:53:04 Because you can't start the season next year doing next year. But if you were now... Because you can't start the season next year doing this shit. But if you're Jaren Jackson, do you take that extension? If he wants to stay, it's up to him. Then you can take them, right?

Starting point is 01:53:13 If you want to stay. You can trade them like they did Luka. But we've seen, you know, guys like Kaminga kind of play this game, not to say he's on the same level as JJJ,

Starting point is 01:53:21 but it can go left for you very quickly. Against you, yeah, I mean... Or now, this summer, you just say, look, get me out of here. He's set to make, I think, $23 million next season. I see what you could get for him. See what's on the market before you try to pay him.

Starting point is 01:53:41 Not if you want him. You want him. You just don't want him for the ticket he's at. But, yeah, that's what I'm saying. You try to get something you can't get. Are they going to keep this assistant coach as the coach? He's the interim right now. Wait, this coach is... The assistant coach was named the interim head coach.

Starting point is 01:53:58 He had a lot to do with it. This guy is new too, right? It's his first year in the league. They brought him on to this staff. He was coaching in France. This, this whole situation is funny. I'm just saying, it's... It's funny. So, they're bringing in international coaches back into the fold so they can bring in...

Starting point is 01:54:12 How many international players they got on the team? I don't know. Anybody. Probably international offense. Aldama, Aldama, Edie. Um... I don't think they have any international... I think there's a couple more on the bench. Someone they drafted. Aldama, Aldama, Edie. I don't think they have any internet. I think there's a couple more on the bench.

Starting point is 01:54:28 Someone they drafted. They drafted someone who ain't playing right now. Let me look at it right now. No, that's Charlotte. Yeah, other than that. I don't think they... It's probably just an international style. It's just an international style.

Starting point is 01:54:41 They're probably trying to get... Yuki on a two-way, but... Aldama is from... Well, he went to school here. I think trying to incorporate the international style. They're probably trying to get Yuki on a two-way, but all Donna is from mm-hmm Well, he's I think trying to incorporate that international style had Jenkins kind of changed the office up But you know listening to Grizzlies fans Writing was on the wall, you know knew this was coming knew this was happening And you can what I'm saying is wait

Starting point is 01:54:59 Like I'm trying to figure out you couldn't wait for the season. I think what I'm hearing Bane say is We went against the coach. The coach was trying to have us play a certain type of way and guys were conflicting with it. And so it was one of those situations where you got to get him out of here for the players to even show up and want to do nothing. Because he's probably cussing their ass out for every little thing. Like, what the fuck is this? What the fuck is that? Run it like this.

Starting point is 01:55:25 And certain kids nowadays, they'll fucking chill. They'll shrink. Everyone is so scared and fucking punk pussy. Damn. Punk pussy. A punk pussy. I was trying to be righteous for a second. I was trying to be righteous.

Starting point is 01:55:38 The honorable. Shit. My bad. The Lord. It's cool. We've been working together. We've been working together. We've been working together. We've been working together. Trying to stay corporate.

Starting point is 01:55:49 Fuck. But yeah. Yeah, man, it's just not. I don't like it. I don't like that energy because I think Taylor is one of those hard-nosed Adrian Griffin types. Like, he wants it done this way. When you don't do it, he had a problem with it. And I think these young guys just, they can't take that criticism.

Starting point is 01:56:06 And we saw the situation recently on the bench, I think Bane and Aldon. Oh yeah, yeah. That was different too. Yeah. Give or push, like they said, there's been multiple instances this season with Ja not feeling what was going on. So let's talk a little bit about that. And don't give a fuck what they're talking about.

Starting point is 01:56:21 From February to right before he got suspended, it don't even make sense. Who got suspended? Before he got kicked off, I mean, February was a winning month for them. They were killing. Went on a four-game winning streak at the beginning of this month, and then you wait till he lose a couple,

Starting point is 01:56:38 then you fire him? So he lost a couple in a row? Two. I think eight and 11 since the All-Star break. That's not bad. I know. Six 11 since the All-Star break. That's not bad. Before he got voted. 6 and 6 in the last 12 games.

Starting point is 01:56:49 That's solid. So it's like... And they're at 5 in the West? Is it the same spot they're at? Between 4 and 5. They're in a great place

Starting point is 01:56:57 in the West. They're in a great place. That's why I said they're in a great, great place. Oh, that's incredible. They were 2 until this. So even right now, though, they've got a game lead over the Warriors for the fifth spot,

Starting point is 01:57:08 a game and a half lead over the Timberwolves, two game lead over the Clippers. So it's looking, and that's the thing about this West right now, between four and eight, and really even three if you want to get to it. Somebody has a nasty run to end the season. And they were trying to get healthy, too, like Memphis trying to wait for everybody to get. Oh, yeah, man. J.J. wasn't playing yeah they've been winning so it makes no like you can say they was upset about us the office has been all season and this is where i have us and we have a short staff so well think about that but they probably messed with the second coach or some intern coach

Starting point is 01:57:41 but think about how they've been playing throughout the last two years. Ja's been hurt. Bane's been hurt. Gigi, JJJ had to hold it down by himself for him. And then here comes Bane, but Ja get hurt. Bane get hurt, Ja come back. And they never really been able to gel all three together where it's like, all right, we know what we got. And then throw Edie in there.

Starting point is 01:58:01 Them three with Edie and a healthy Gigi. Yeah, they were straight. They straight. Aldama is a tough, off-the-bench guy, so I think they messed up with this. And I don't know who this coach is, but I know he ain't no NBA former player or no former coach. The game he got fired was the 65th or 66th game.

Starting point is 01:58:20 21-22, second in the West. Get to the second round. Get packed up by the Warriors. Next season, second in the West. Get to the second round. Get packed up by the Warriors. Next season, second in the West. Get to the first round. That's crazy. He's ending second in the West? Last season, 27-55.

Starting point is 01:58:35 Obviously don't make the playoffs, as you mentioned, with John and all those situations going on. This season, at points, you know, hovering in that 4-5 range. What's the total win right now? They are 39-28. So they're about to have a 40-win season? They're 44-30.

Starting point is 01:58:50 44-30. Oh, shit. Oh, so they went from 27 to... Last season with no job, obviously all the situations going on there. 44 wins this year. Obviously, I mentioned he had to boot some of the staff. Even Jenkins thought... Jenkins surprised that he got the comeback this season. The business of it is nasty.

Starting point is 01:59:06 This is business, man. Oh, okay. So he was surprised because of the bad season and losing all the pieces. So bad season, they said, you got to fire some of your assistants. We're going to bring some other people on. I think the front office has kind of been applying the pressure. So he thought there was a potential he was going to get booted last season. And this season kind of knew it was coming.

Starting point is 01:59:22 Obviously, they make a finals run or whatever. He maybe retains his job, but Based on how things are panning out. Who do they get at the trade deadline? Why did they get rid of Marcus Smart? To the Wizards did they wave him? Did they get a big piece back or something? No Got the beverage but let's talk a little bit about job So jobs numbers have seen a decline this season, playing a career-low minutes per game,

Starting point is 01:59:48 averaging 22 points, 8 assists, 4 rebounds, career-high 3.8 turnovers, 44 games. Under contract with the Grizzlies through the 2028 season. But what does Jenkins getting fired mean for Ja Morant's future with the Grizzlies? His name was mentioned in trades at the deadline. It's crazy that he looked for how different people's careers are. I know his name, but didn't the owner say he's not getting traded?

Starting point is 02:00:13 There was some ruffles. Well, there's a lot of things. Owners say a lot of things. They say things all the time. But to have one coach for the whole first year. His whole NBA career. I mean, that's something I personally can't relate to. I had, like, four, five different coaches

Starting point is 02:00:27 in my first four or five years, so... And I've had three different... No, I've had three different coaches in L.A. alone. I did, too. I'm true. I did, too. So... That one year? It's crazy. That one year with me?

Starting point is 02:00:40 It's like an underrated thing that people don't understand about being a professional athlete is having that stability. How many coaches did you say you had? Three? Just in L.A. I had three in four years in Minnesota. Lee had a secretary become our coach. Two or three years in college. I think my whole career...

Starting point is 02:00:59 They found the motherfucker. One, two, three. All guilt-free. They just start picking motherfuckers. Come on, come downstairs and coach. I've had, like, six coaches. I was glad to be seventh. My seventh coach about to start my eighth year. So, obviously, you experienced a lot of instability...

Starting point is 02:01:13 That was the second year, though. ...during your time. How does that, that side of it, because Grizz is not in that position. It's hard. Jah, only coach he's had his whole career. But what's the flip of that now? You get new coaches in trying to bring in their mentality, put their DNA into the team, and it's like,

Starting point is 02:01:26 bro, I don't even know how long you're going to be here for. Man, I just like dating. Here you go. He's trying to come in here and change some shit. I don't even know how long you're going to be here. Shit. It's my shit. Yeah, he's trying to change my drapes.

Starting point is 02:01:41 I like these drapes. Fuck. Take your flowers and get to hell on somewhere. Shit. Why y'all throw flowers like this? They're red. That's bad luck. You ain't get the right color, man.

Starting point is 02:01:55 You ain't get the right color. I'm taking all the red roses. See how nobody in Rio tried to catch them? No, they don't want to get married. Nobody wants to get married. You're supposed to dive on the floor? Yeah, dive on it if you want. Dive on it if you want it, Lexi.

Starting point is 02:02:08 Never. Dive on it if you want it. Never. Never. She own one of these. Weird bitch. Weird bitch. Stella.

Starting point is 02:02:23 Flip that. Flip the fuck out of that. We're going straight to the shame room. Because I know there's someone out there. People know that I curse. Like, I heard her say that to me, man. Like, I'll be cursing. Like, this is my first time hearing you curse

Starting point is 02:02:38 since we worked together. I'm proud of you. I want you to know that. Like, the first time I heard Michael Jordan cuss. What y'all niggas doing? I ain't taking a picture with no niggas. I said, did you say, nigga, boy? You Michael Jordan. Yeah, he did.

Starting point is 02:02:54 Shut up, nigga. Shout out, Chameleon Air. That's how I'm fucking, man. If you haven't watched the Chameleon Air story about when he tried to take a picture with MJ, bro. What'd he say? What'd he say? I ain't taking a picture with no niggas. Michael Jordan said that?

Starting point is 02:03:09 That's what a comedian never said in the story. No! One of my favorite... No, no, no, no. I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that. That's classic. I told you. I told you. He a real... I told you. Y'all think Mike, he hiding for real. I do not fuck with none of y'all niggas.

Starting point is 02:03:24 No call me for no interview. LeBron, why are you calling me? I don Mike, he hiding for real. I do not fuck with none of y'all niggas. Don't call me for no interview. LeBron, why are you calling me? I don't wanna talk to you. I'm fucking calling, how you get my number? Are you Adam Morrison? Why you have to call, why you have to go to LeBron's? Cause he's just like my Michael Jordan.

Starting point is 02:03:37 Nah, stop. Don't fuck with you niggas. Leave me alone, I'm golfing. Hey dummy. Is that why I'm taking my membership? Hell yeah. I ain't even. I'm golfing. Hey, dummy. Is that why I'm taking my membership? Hell yeah. I'm golfing. I got a sense for Willingham and Sherman Oaks. Sherman Oaks?

Starting point is 02:03:52 Calabasas? Oh. There's some white folks over there. Different. Gotta check in. When you cross through Calabasas. Don't you talk about MJ like that. Yeah.

Starting point is 02:04:04 I love to throw out the. You said he number six. Yeah, what you talking about? No, just for 24 hours. Yeah, just a day. 24 hours. Perfect day to talk about it. 24 hours. Perfect day to talk about it.

Starting point is 02:04:13 Yeah, perfect day. It was just 24 hours. It was 48 hours after you hit the shot. I just extended it because you reminded me. He actually had a step. Dr. Millionaire's story is old, but I'll still go back and watch that video when I need a look.

Starting point is 02:04:23 Yeah, that's hilarious. Damn. But what do we think about Ja's future in Memphis? I feel like Ja, sometimes you get tired of hearing the same voice over and over. You probably needed some new lights, some new energy. And for Ja, I think they're just trying to figure out ways to, I don't know, probably get his mojo back, get his energy back, because you don't see the same Jai out there.

Starting point is 02:04:49 So firing a coach probably sparks something. They hope it sparks something. And just looking at the clip, I was in bed, my people called me. What they say about me now, like, that weighs on you. Hell yeah. You always got something to say. They say, you see the Internet, it's like, damn, I thought they told something about me.

Starting point is 02:05:04 I can't imagine living life that way. Like, it's a suck. I can't, shit. If you ain't got no haters, you ain't popping, nigga. Nah, that's a different lifestyle, boy. But they don't even be. Nah, man. I know you ain't hating on them.

Starting point is 02:05:14 They just always got something weird to say. It ain't hating, though. It's just let us wait. Like, you go out one night, and then you wake up in the morning, and everybody calling you. Like, what the fuck I do last night? You just tired of being on TMZ and Shade Room and shit? I done got called, yes, I done got called a thousand times.

Starting point is 02:05:29 This shit is personal. This shit hurt. So it's draining. Yes. Yeah, you can tell. You ain't built. Like, you ain't built for this. You making it seem like for the motherfuckers it's built for.

Starting point is 02:05:40 No, don't do it. It's not built for Nick Young. It's built for the strong. It is, but you get tired. It's built for the strong. No, it ain't. It ain't. You got to be strong. Well, you little shit. You wasn't strong enough. Put your back into it. You wasn't strong enough for that white woman.

Starting point is 02:05:55 Yes, I was. Yes, I was. Yes, I was. Why you think I'm wearing white? Oh, okay. Nah, she made you love white ever since. Why you think I'm wearing white? You've been. Nah, she made you love white ever since. Why you think I'm wearing white? You been chasing the white ever since. Yeah, vanilla is my favorite.

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Starting point is 02:06:24 You know the feeling. Milk or magnesia? Don't even know why y'all... Pour it in the cup. Thank you. If it ain't got no milk in it, you better pour it out. Better put some water on that damn shit. No.

Starting point is 02:06:40 Got no water with my cereal. Okay? I'm not fucking with you, man. Again, this ain't about Ja, so I don't even know why we bringing Ja's name in. It's about Jerry Jackson Jr., but if you're Ja Morant, at what point is it like, alright, you go from saying, I'm fine in the West. You're fine in the West. It's not like you're not... Ever since he said that, shit has not been fine in the West. I mean, they have technically been fine in the West,

Starting point is 02:07:06 but to the top, it's been fine for him. Memphis is not in the West, for all those who believe. But what I'm saying is, this is not the Suns. We're trying to pretend this is the Suns organization. They are fifth right now, and everybody in front of them actually got new people. Now, think about if the contract stays at 147 and he signs this summer

Starting point is 02:07:26 Whether that actually puts them that puts them in a great future. You got you got both your superstars Underpaid that's how a dynasty is made both your supers are job didn't sign his supermax because he was in trouble Jaron Jackson just missed his supermax. You got Bane for cheap. You got GG, right? You can still get him for cheap because he's not performing as well. You have a very great young roster that you didn't have to overpay for. So I don't see them trying to make no moves if they can get Jaron Jackson to sign a contract at 147 this summer. But do you think if you're Jaron Jackson, I'm not rolling with that contract.

Starting point is 02:08:04 I don't give a fuck. But then he has to deal with me next year. Same thing, Kaminga. How is that working for him? at 147 this summer. But do you think, if you're Jaron Jackson, I'm not rolling with that contract. I don't give a f... But then he has to deal with me next year. Same thing, uh, Kaminga. How is that working for him? You have to look around at the business part of it. How is it working for the motherfucker over in Golden State? Does he look happy?

Starting point is 02:08:15 But is he me? Huh? Is he me? He not me. He not me. He not me. And I can up my production. How? By playing better. How is Kaming By playing better.

Starting point is 02:08:28 How is Kaminga playing better if I'm controlling his situation? We got to remember, at some point, you have to think about the people that are being controlled by the entity up top. Yeah, you can come in here thinking you have your own agenda that I'm going to go out here and be the max player. And I'm like, I personally don't want to pay you that. So I'm going to say, well, I don't care about the season. I really don't.

Starting point is 02:08:51 You are going to cost me $200 million that I don't want to pay. I don't want to pay it. So I'm going to do everything in my power not to pay it. If you sign the contract this year, 147, you can go and be whatever the fuck you want to be. So you want to be a superstar fuck you want to be. You want to be a superstar? You want to be MVP? I'm for it because it won't cost me nothing extra.

Starting point is 02:09:10 But you're anticipating that he goes into the market and nobody's going to give him the money. No, no, no, no. He's not a free, free agent until next year. No, I know. I'm saying what you're saying is if he don't sign or they don't give him the three, the big max. He can't get the three max unless he makes an all-NBA.

Starting point is 02:09:27 He can get it somewhere else. Regular max. But he can get it next year. This summer? He can get a smaller, shorter year max, but it won't be what that means. So this year, let's say he just finished out. He doesn't get anything. Just all-NBA, not, you know, defensive player of the year.

Starting point is 02:09:41 I can give him max deal, 147. 147, okay. If he makes the Defensive Player of the Year, he automatically bumps to 300 or something. 300, okay. Right? Even if he doesn't make All-NBA but wins Defensive Player of the Year, well, he's not going to win. If he won Defensive Player of the Year,

Starting point is 02:09:58 he would be eligible for that Supermax. But not All-NBA. I'm not sure about All-NBA. All-NBA or Defensive Player of the Year makes him eligible. I'm not sure about All-. All NBA or defensive player of the year makes him eligible. I'm not sure about all defensive team. I don't think that is the question. Well, who he's in a race with, it doesn't look like he'll win it anyway. Yeah, but you're still tampering with it.

Starting point is 02:10:14 So let's say you finish the season. We go wherever. I'm going to offer you the max, 147. You can have all of that, all you want. 300 changes. Because remember, that extra 200, think about what I can do with this team. Yeah. Yep.

Starting point is 02:10:29 I don't have, Ja Morant is up in three more years. But you got to also read the room and know that the guys who've been playing for this particular award has been playing more than him, and he just got hurt. So him coming back automatically puts him below. But you playing him for the meaning of the playoffs, and at 147 is, you know, it is what it is, but the 300 does mean what it means. But we know he can't get that. Yeah.

Starting point is 02:10:52 Because he's not going to win that defensive player of the year. He hasn't had that type of year. But he could make all NBA. He's third right now. He was first before he got hurt. But when did he just come back? He just came back, right? He only missed like five games.

Starting point is 02:11:03 So it is not like he missed a lot. He only missed five games, and he's at three. So if the other two get hurt, he's back one. But I don't think he's going to do anything blaring that's just going to take him over the top of the win. No, but I don't want to risk that shit. And they already was talking about him being all NBA. I don't want to turn him off, though.

Starting point is 02:11:18 I don't want to turn him off thinking that we're trying to do this type of shit just because of that when it's out of reach anyway. It's already out of reach. It is. But at the same time, all this emphasis on, like, defense and shit, why he can't get it if he make the all-defensive team? Right. Like, why he can't still be up for the Super Bowl?

Starting point is 02:11:37 They put so much defense win championships and all this shit, but if you make the all-defensive team, people don't give a fuck. No, what I'm saying, we don't know what his contract is, and we don't know what the wording is for that award. Either way, he's played the last eight games. He's been back in the mix. But it just all goes back to, all right,

Starting point is 02:11:55 if I don't get the extension offer this year, if I do get it and I don't like the bread, now do I force the Grizzlies hand and be like, look, I'm just going to walk after next year? I'm saying no. You're saying no to the extension. We're watching it with Kaminga. Are you saying take it? No, what I'm saying is I told him to take it

Starting point is 02:12:11 because I know what they're going to do. I was in the NBA when the shit was under the radar, listening to owners talk about this shit, watching people's contracts, like Nate Robinson talked about, why he hates, why he hates what, Doc? Oh, yeah. Because he had,

Starting point is 02:12:28 he had to go in a game and he put him in for like two minutes and set his ass so his number dropped so he didn't have to pay him an extra two million. This is the thing,

Starting point is 02:12:36 like, the organization has things that they're, that benefits them and they're gonna tell the owner and the coach, hey, I need you to put his ass in

Starting point is 02:12:44 and sub his ass out, because I don't want to pay the extra $2 million on a losing team. When you're winning and you're doing all this, of course they're going to give you your money, but when they're not, they're looking at you and how to save money. They're in a weird spot, though, because they are winning. You got Draymond as number one,

Starting point is 02:13:00 Evan Mobley as number two, and then you got a third Dyson Daniels. Yeah, Dyson. Also, they moved his ass to fourth. Yeah, still. And then Draymond is right there. Draymond going to win the best player of the year.

Starting point is 02:13:16 Second. Mobley second. When is his contract up? Next year, I think. Did he sign a decision? He just signed? Oh, so he's signed. He just signed.

Starting point is 02:13:24 Mobley just signed. He's not tripping. But Mobley's the Oh, so he's fine. He just signed. He just signed. He's not tripping. But Mobley's the closest. He should get it. He got 15. Yeah, Mobley under contract through 2029. He got his friend. Him and Draymond, don't do y'all thing.

Starting point is 02:13:33 Don't give a fuck about them. Why don't you just trade JJ for Zion? I'm not trying to trade. No, I don't need to trade him. You sign 140. I want to pay you 147. Go get Zion. I want to pay you 147.

Starting point is 02:13:44 Because if I pay you 147 with the 200 million extra, I want to pay you $147,000. Go get Zion. I want to pay you $147,000. Because if I pay you $147,000 with the $200 million extra, I can go get Zion still. You see the difference? $200 million is another Max Player. Ain't Zion our own country? $200 million is another Max Player. What Max Player? $200 million.

Starting point is 02:14:00 I see what he's saying. He's trying to minimize the cost by handing a nigga $30 million, $35 million. Ain't bank a Mexican? No. Everybody else is balanced. So if I pay him $300, then I can't go to anybody. If I get you for

Starting point is 02:14:17 $147, that $200 million extra, I can say, hey, I can get you KD. I can actually build a team. So you got Morant under contract through 2028, Bane under contract through 2029. So you've already got them

Starting point is 02:14:32 two locked up. Oh, yeah, that's nasty. So Memphis could actually be a real team. That's what I'm saying. You need him. Now you see what I'm saying? You need him to sign this 147.

Starting point is 02:14:41 They actually in better position than OKC would be in because they got three major pieces already locked in. They got Edie, they got Gigi, they got Aldama, and they got the money, 200, to go and fucking get Zion like they said. So I can sign Gigi for a nice, reasonable deal, and I still got so much money to play with. But OKC got a treasure trove of draft picks.

Starting point is 02:15:06 Hey, but the bad thing about it is it's Memphis and it's a small market. But if I sign him for $300 million, I can never trade him. You're talking about Luca money. You're talking about Luca money. Like, he's not going to be ever on that level. But the only time you could do something like that,

Starting point is 02:15:22 like trade him at $300 is if we're a playoff team and we can actually convince a team to offload this for a couple pieces. And we're still competing for a championship, but you get our big piece. You can take this and build around him. 147, I'm in heaven with him. No, for sure. Defensive player, I'm all, and listen, I can move him anywhere I want in the world. 300 million, you're talking about Giannis.

Starting point is 02:15:47 That's only a few players, and he's never going to be at that level, just marketing-wise or nothing. So 147, I'm begging him. At least not in Memphis. They just going to be stuck in the same spot four or five forever. No, if they sign for... No, if they sign in for 147, them motherfuckers just jumping. Okay. Okay Yes, they have too much money left over so we asked the chat will John leave the Grizzlies 73 of the chat believes the job will leave the Grizzlies in the near future

Starting point is 02:16:15 Well in the near future, yeah, maybe this feels like the coach move this coach move hurt him because it never happened before So he's like what the fuck? Well, it seems like he thinks like the front office is been like, we don't really care how you feel or think because we gonna just get, we gonna get rid of your person. Yeah, but some are saying, too, that he may have... Pushed a native native. ...help nudge along.

Starting point is 02:16:34 And I know that probably sucks for him, too, because if that's not the case, he's probably like, I can't win. I can't win for shit. Like, y'all think that I am responsible for this? When I'm surprised, just like, I've literally said that I'm just as surprised as everybody I'm surprised, just like I've literally said, that I'm just as surprised as everybody else. I thought they were talking about me.

Starting point is 02:16:49 It was John Daddy. Maybe they stopped him from going. Let's move on to Mostly Fans. Oh, my God. Presented by Underdog. Download the app, use promo code GIL, get up to $1,000 in bonus cash, plus a special pickup. So we've got one question, email question from underdog user Trey Banga. Trey Banga said, do you think we'll ever see a playing team win a chip?

Starting point is 02:17:13 No. Right, 16, what, the highest team to ever win an NBA championship. I learned that at Wings. What? 16, the highest team to win a championship? Yeah. Yeah. The worst ranked team to win the championship? Yeah. Yeah.

Starting point is 02:17:26 The worst ranked team to ever win a chip. But do you think we'll ever see a playing team seven to ten be good enough? Shit. Clippers is the best team to play in. Lakers is close. Are they going to get the Clippers in the play-in right now? Yeah. The Clippers moved all the way to the play-in?

Starting point is 02:17:41 No, they've been there. They've been in the play-in. Warriors is six. The play-in is nine? What's the play-in? Seven to ten. Seven to ten They've been in the play-in. They've been chilling in the play-in. Warriors in six. The play-in's nine? What's the play-in? Seven to ten. Seven to ten. So right now, Timberwolves, Clippers, Mavs, Kings.

Starting point is 02:17:49 I'm thinking the play-in is after eight. Like eight. I ain't even counting that. Seven to ten. So, yeah, I mean, seven and eight, they're technically playoff teams. Yes, that's what I'm thinking. So, yeah, we might see a play-in team win.

Starting point is 02:18:02 Yeah. Who is not? Who would be not? I mean, I don't see them. It'd just be one of those teams that got kind of hurt at the beginning So, yeah, we might see a play in team win. You know, yeah. Who is not? Who would be not? Who was Milwaukee when they won the championship? It'd just be one of those teams that got kind of hurt at the beginning, and then they had to make a comeback. Get healed. Yeah. Mm-hmm.

Starting point is 02:18:11 Because, yeah, 7-8, you just got to win just that. If you're 7, you just got to win that one game. Win the one, you make it. You're 7, you lose, then you play the winner of 9-10 for the eighth spot. Yeah, it'd be... What was New York when they came? When New York did the Brunson shit. Was it two years ago? A year and a half ago? When they made the playoff run York when they came? Excuse me. Yeah, you can. When New York did the Brunson shit.

Starting point is 02:18:25 Was it two years ago? A year and a half ago? When they made the playoff run? When they made the playoff run. Last season? They were... No, was it last year? No, when they had DiVincenzo.

Starting point is 02:18:33 Yeah, I think... They came from 13? That was two. That was the two seed. You know what I'm saying? Before, when they made the run, they lost the players and... That was last year. Right, last year? Before Cat. Yeah, before Cat the players. That was last year. Right, last year?

Starting point is 02:18:46 Before Cat. Yeah, before Cat last year. Yeah, last year. Before they traded, right? So before they were number two seed, they ended number two. Yeah, but they started like. It was like five. No, it was lower than that. They fought up.

Starting point is 02:18:58 Yeah, they made the run. But they had made the run with the hurt players. And they was overplaying them. So I'm thinking like a run like that. And remember, New York didn't have nothing but Brunson and Hart and DiVincenzo. No, it'd be the Miami team you want. Yeah, I was thinking that too.

Starting point is 02:19:16 Where the year before, they were a top one, two seed. And then they just, you know, people hurt at the beginning. They dropped down and then they had to fight in, and then they become the eighth seed. So it's really a one seed playing a one seed, in a sense. Yeah.

Starting point is 02:19:30 Because last year's one team playing this year's one team. That was coming out of the bubble when they made it. No, this was the last time they went to the championship. Yeah, when they beat Boston. When they beat, no, no, when they... They went two straight years. So 2023 when they, yeah, with Denver D final. They beat the AFC,

Starting point is 02:19:46 then they end up beating the Bucs. They beat the Bucs. The year before, they were number one seed. Ah, the year before that. Yeah. Okay. So it's like,

Starting point is 02:19:52 here we go. It's like this year's OKC team, right? Let's say someone, something happens at the beginning of the year and they start off rough, right?

Starting point is 02:20:01 People are injured and then they start off bad and then they end up coming back, and then they become an eighth seed. Yeah. Now that's the worst eighth seed you want to fucking play in the playoffs. That's how you use the Clippers right now.

Starting point is 02:20:10 Doesn't feel like they... But also, they are the Clippers, so I'm just saying. The history has shown us. I mean, honestly, scary roster, but... They eight right now. I don't want to play every time. That's not a thing you want to see in the playoffs.

Starting point is 02:20:21 Who? I think the Clippers trying to get seven. Staying seven. Trying to stay seven. I do. I'm just, them veteran teams, man, they want to play them young teams. Yeah. Like, people don't realize, y'all can bat for the young teams all you want.

Starting point is 02:20:35 Man, them referees in the NBA, man, that is just fool's gold for these. It seems like we're going to see a lot of games and positioning. For sure. To try and get the matchup. The Grizzlies may or may not drop out of that fifth spot. Who's going to pop in? The Lakers are going to now try to drop or move up. Grizzlies, remember, Grizzlies was a three seed at one point or two seed in

Starting point is 02:20:55 Sacramento. What happened to them? Smacked in the first round. They ain't lost to us, though. They lost to the Lakers. That's what we want to play. But the Warriors is one game behind. I know. And then the eight seeded Knicks have made the final of the 4-99.

Starting point is 02:21:10 Where's the Lakers? SAC is ninth or tenth. Hold on, let me double check. They're tenth. They got the last playing spot. So what do y'all think about SAC? Do you think SAC will be dangerous? No.

Starting point is 02:21:20 I don't. They've lost all whatever steam that they had. It's gone. Completely? Yeah. Was it the Fox and Mike Brown shit? It just don't seem like those teams are playing very well right now. It's all gone.

Starting point is 02:21:33 Like, they had so much energy behind that, and then it just... Last year? Yeah. Last year, I mean, like... It was evaporated. Yeah, I don't know. It was hitting the shit. Ding!

Starting point is 02:21:42 Yeah! We haven't seen the beam. Even when they winning now. We don't give a... Beam not getting as much love as it used to. They don't. They got no energy. They got no energy in that bitch. They do.

Starting point is 02:21:52 They got to pay the life bill. They got to pay the life bill. They got no energy. The energy bill is... That motherfucker cost too much money every time he pushed that bitch. We spending too much money. Y'all not winning. Can I...

Starting point is 02:22:01 And Norah, hold on. Let us do one thing first. So, yes, it is our million subscriber show. We've had a celebration all show. But we got to give away some bread. So, y'all got us to a gillion. We're going to show y'all some love, give y'all some bread. Here are our final three winners of our gillion subscriber giveaway.

Starting point is 02:22:20 First off, Bully Bills. Bully Bills, you have $1,000 coming from Underdog. Next up, RJ45, RJ45, you have $1,000 coming from Underdog. Last but not least, Brizzy Boy, Brizzy Boy, you have won $1,000 from Underdog in bonus cash. But we're not done yet, Gil. Yeah, Gil, so we reached out to the folks at YouTube, and they have a gift for you on behalf of the show and, you know, your creative vision reaching this milestone.

Starting point is 02:22:58 Bring that out, ladies and gentlemen. Hey! What's up? We got a plaque. Yeah! We got a plaque. Yeah! We got a plaque. Oh, God! Come on, man.

Starting point is 02:23:08 Come on. Fire in the hole! Them things is loud. Them things is loud. We got a plaque. Them things is loud. Yeah, you got a plaque. Looks like AI statue.

Starting point is 02:23:16 Yeah, Gil! What's up? Everybody, everybody. Everybody touch it. Everybody pass it around. This is so cool. We got our Gil's Arena mask. We got our Gil's Arena mask.

Starting point is 02:23:24 We got our Gil's Arena mask. We got our Gil's Arena mask. We got our Gil's Arena mask. We got our Gil's Arena mask. We got our Gil's Arena mask. Let's go! Let's go! Everybody, everybody pass around. Everybody touch it. Everybody pass it around. This is so cool. We got our Gills Arena million subscriber plaque from the good folks over at YouTube. Wow. How you feel? You shocked me. Can you smile?

Starting point is 02:23:39 No. Can you be happy? You can feel it. It's smoking in the arena. I can feel it. As we pointed out at the beginning of the show, job's not finished. He's talking like I'm a kid. I thought it was going to be heavier. Yeah, can I see?

Starting point is 02:23:47 But before we go... Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Sit your ass down. Damn! Hey! Like the man. Brother, you just got here, brother. You don't get to talk to me.

Starting point is 02:23:56 Nigga, I'm a... You don't get to talk to me. I'm a part of that shit, too. You still like $100. I got money invested in this shit, too. Boom, bud. I want to give a shout-out to my mom.

Starting point is 02:24:07 I made it. Nick Jr. for all the jokes. Let me go first, Gil. Let me go first. For all the jokes Gil told about you. Let's waggy stop. So before we go, Gil, in all sincerity, man, I seriously want to give you your flowers.

Starting point is 02:24:18 A couple years ago when you had this vision, you know, just an idea. We didn't know how far we'd be able to come, but you assembled an amazing team amazing creative shout out to the folks over at Underdog, Jeremy, Tim, Rubman everybody over there for believing and supporting the vision I still remember the first meeting we had at Soho House it was like 7, 8, 9 white people I'd never seen

Starting point is 02:24:36 in my life before talking about all this stuff we received some at Dog Bowl but they cut the checks but in all seriousness just to bring it every day, it's a pleasure to be able to work with you, to be able to do this and just see the movement, see everybody supporting it.

Starting point is 02:24:50 Like you mentioned, when we first started, a lot of people were out there hating. They said we wouldn't be able to accomplish the things that we accomplished. They were playing with your name, playing with everybody else's name on the couch, including myself. And now those same people have to bend the knee,

Starting point is 02:25:00 bow down, and show respect. Period. But we're just getting started, man. So, like, you know, I'm not even excited about this one million. I know you're not excited about this one million shot. I know you're not excited about this one million. Lexi, I don't know if you're excited about this one million. I'm a little excited.

Starting point is 02:25:11 We haven't talked. I'm a little excited. But the point being, we have so much more work to do, and we're going to keep grinding. We're going to keep bringing it to you every single day as long as we can. So, again, shout out to the underdog team. And, Gil, you want to say something before? Yeah, I mean, you know, I want to thank Shannon Sharp for this one

Starting point is 02:25:27 where, you know, I just got to the show and they passed a million. And he sent me a plaque, you know, because I was part of the show, even though I got there late. So everybody that ever had a piece of, you know, Gil's arena, you will be getting a one-million-subscriber plaque. Oh, man. So there's about 40 plaques coming to you, people. Plaques on plaques on plaques.

Starting point is 02:25:54 I mean that. So we got a cake here to celebrate. Yeah! I wanted to say something, too. Shout-out to our crew. I wanted to say something, too. I mean, if you... I wanted to say something, too. Show them the cake. Sheep the cake, Gil. I wanted to say something, too. I wanted to say something, too.

Starting point is 02:26:06 I wanted to say thank you, brother. I wanted to say thank you, brother. Thank all y'all, man. I want to say thank Joe, Kent, Lex. Appreciate all y'all. Everybody here, man, for welcoming me. Hey, Shug. Hey, Shug.

Starting point is 02:26:21 The people on YouTube, all the men on YouTube want to thank you, too. But we see what you're doing with the camera, boy. Shout out to Shug. You're zooming in on the right pieces, right? So salute to our first million. Got many more to go. Hold on, man.

Starting point is 02:26:33 I thought we all get something to say. Can't we all say something? Yeah. Go ahead. You want to go first? You have a speech? He wrote it down? I don't know.

Starting point is 02:26:44 Just do it. Joke's on you. Uh he wrote it down Joke jokes on you Jokes on you. That's a good one. I like jokes on you. We got the smoke Jokes on you, baby girl. Yeah We're about to get it we're gonna get a it. It only gets stronger. It get harder, get bigger. Oh, shit. It get harder and bigger? Oh, shit. OK.

Starting point is 02:27:11 She going to have to run. Well, I don't really want to follow that. Lexi, you got to follow that line. Lexi, you got to follow that line. No, I just want to say thanks, guys, for embracing me and accepting me. And I had a really hard two years, you know, being away from basketball and dealing with all that stuff.

Starting point is 02:27:24 And I would not have been able to get through it without y'all. So I really appreciate y'all for bringing me on this journey. Thank you. Yeah. Aw. All right, I got something to say. I want to thank y'all for, um. All right, man.

Starting point is 02:27:42 Keejan said y'all. Keejan and BJ and Cheryl. No, I'm just saying. Love y'all. I appreciate y'all, man. Kenyon said, uh... Kenyon and BJ and Cheryl. Love y'all. I appreciate y'all, man. I appreciate y'all for real. It's a blessing to have me. I just know y'all just thankful for having me. It's a blessing for Swaggy to be a part of this.

Starting point is 02:27:58 So thank y'all for blessing y'all selves with me on this couch. Cheers. Thank you to our crew. Thank you to everybody who supports the show. Thank you to Underdog Kenyon. Cheryl, Mr. V, we're celebrating you with us in spirit. But this has been another episode of Gills Arena presented by Underdog. Well, well, we will see y'all tomorrow.

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